Part Three: Life in Christ › Section One of Part Three: Man’s Vocation - Life in the Spirit ›› CHAPTER 3: God’s Salvation: Law and Grace ››› Article 2: Grace and Justification ›››› IN BRIEF

Questions and Answers

2072. What confers upon the faithful the righteousness of God? (CCC 2017) The grace of the Holy Spirit confers upon the faithful the righteousness of God.
2073. What two movements are required for justification? (CCC 2018) The two movements required for justification are:
1. a movement by which man is turned to God
2. a movement by which man is turned by God from the state of sin.
2074. What are the two parts of justification? (CCC 2019) The two parts of justification are:
1. the remission of sins
2. the sanctification and renewal of the inner man.
2075. What is the goal of justification? (CCC 2020) The goal of justification is:
1. the glory of God
2. the gift of eternal life.
2076. What is grace? (CCC 2021) Grace is the help God gives us to respond to our vocation of becoming His adopted sons.
2077. What does the divine initiative in the work of grace do? (CCC 2022) The divine initiative in the work of grace precedes, prepares and elicits the free response of man.
2078. What is sanctifying grace? (CCC 2023) Sanctifying grace is the gratuitous gift of His life that God, by the Holy Spirit, infuses into the soul to heal and sanctify it.
2079. How does sanctifying grace establish our relationship with God? (CCC 2024) Sanctifying grace establishes our relationship to God by making us pleasing to Him.
2080. Why only can we have merit in God’s sight? (CCC 2025) We can have merit in God’s sight only because of God’s free plan to associate man with the work of His grace.
2081. What is the principal source of merit in us before God? (CCC 2026) Charity is in us the principal source of merit before God.
2082. What can we merit and what not? (CCC 2027) We can merit for ourselves and for others all the graces needed to attain eternal life, as well as necessary temporal goods, but no one can merit the initial grace which is at the origin of conversion.
2083. What is the fullness of Christian life? (CCC 2028) The fullness of Christian life is the perfection of charity.
2084. What must the believer do according to Mt 16 in order to follow Christ? (CCC 2029) According to Mt 16 the believer in order to follow Christ must:
1. deny himself
2. take up his cross
3. go after Christ.