Grace

[Xeno.of.athens]

Catholic teaching on grace and salvation emphasises that grace is a free and unmerited gift from God, enabling individuals to share in His divine life and achieve salvation. This grace is primarily received through the sacraments, such as Baptism and the Eucharist, which are seen as channels of sanctifying grace. Sanctifying grace transforms the soul, making it holy and pleasing to God, while actual grace helps individuals act according to God's will in specific situations.

Salvation, according to Catholic doctrine, is a process that begins with God's grace and requires a response of faith and good works. The Church rejects the idea that salvation can be earned solely through human effort (a heresy known as Pelagianism) and teaches that it is through God's grace, faith in Jesus Christ, and cooperation with that grace through good works that one attains salvation.

This understanding highlights the balance between God's initiative and human response, emphasising that salvation is both a gift and a journey

 

[Clare73]

Catholic teaching on grace and salvation emphasises that grace is a free and unmerited gift from God, enabling individuals to share in His divine life and achieve salvation.

According to the NT, we don't "achieve" salvation.
Faith is a gift (Ph 1:29, Ac 13:48, 18:27, 2 Pe 1:1, Ro 12:3) through which the Holy Spirit applies salvation (Eph 2:8-9).

 

[Xeno.of.athens]

According to the NT, we don't "achieve" salvation.

I suspect that Christians do, but you say that you don't.

 

[Clare73]

I suspect that Christians do, but you say that you don't.

And your suspicion is incorrect.
Christians don't "achieve" salvation, any more than they "achieve" faith or justification.

All are from God (Eph 2:8-9, Php 2:19, Ro 3:28), not from anyone's "achievement."

 

[Xeno.of.athens]

Christians don't "achieve" salvation, any more than they "achieve" faith or justification.

Christians do achieve salvation, it is given to them, which is quite an achievement. Your trouble is that you quibble over words endlessly. It make discussions with you very tiresome.

 

[Clare73]

Christians do achieve salvation, it is given to them, which is quite an achievement. Your trouble is that you quibble over words endlessly. It make discussions with you very tiresome.

Yes, Biblical truth takes work, particularly in light of so much contra-Biblical teaching claiming to be truth.
You have only to read epistles such as Galatians to see how hard Paul worked to clarify the wording of the truth.

Words are the substance of definition. . .sorry you find adherence to Biblical meaning to be tiresome.
Incorrect words = incorrect definitions. . .which is why adherence to salvation "through the gift of faith (Php 1:29) only" (Eph 2:8-9) is important.

Achievement, by definition, is accomplished by human effort.
The faith which "achieves" salvation is a gift excluding the "achievement" of human effort (Eph 2:8-9).