All you need to do is add to that the Tridentine observation that good works strengthen grace in the justified man, and you have the Catholic position in a nutshell.
All you need to do is add to that the Tridentine observation that good works strengthen grace in the justified man, and you have the Catholic position in a nutshell.
Yes, and this may get into the very tricky "what is grace?" debate. :) Since we see salvation in this context as being an event, we couldn't say that works add to salvational grace. However, IF it is ever proper to consider "grace" to be the same as "blessing", then I could be in agreement.