I would also say that faith produces good deeds, and faith comes only from God. So, our difference would be to what degree you believe faith is man-generated. My view is to say 0%. I would respectfully disagree. Faith doesn't produce anything. God does. Whether it is our love, our faith, our repentance, our contrition - it is all moved by God. God calls man to respond to Him in faith, in love, in repentence. WE are called to become righteous. To the degree that we become more like Christ, we will become more holy. If you view that man does nothing, than your view of God is quite different from mine and the Holy Writ.
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FK: "I would also say that faith produces good deeds, and faith comes only from God. So, our difference would be to what degree you believe faith is man-generated. My view is to say 0%." I would respectfully disagree. Faith doesn't produce anything. God does. Whether it is our love, our faith, our repentance, our contrition - it is all moved by God. God calls man to respond to Him in faith, in love, in repentance.
And I would respectfully disagree that you disagree, I would say that you do agree. :) You are true to Catholicism in being a champion of free will and cooperation with God. It seems to me then, that you actually need some of your own "faith" in order to accept God's faith. On what else does a man base his decision to accept God, given that he has free will to reject? Therefore, this "faith" that a man uses to accept God's gift is "man-generated". That's what I'm talking about. I still put the number at 0%. I'm guessing you would have to put it higher.