Webeach sacrament, unique in its significance, is a channel of god's grace and a stepping stone on our journey towards him.
They are not mere rituals but encounters.
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Webit is impossible to exaggerate the importance of understanding what we mean by the sacraments as channels of divine grace.
We might almost say that christianity is divided into two classes:
Those who believe that christ instituted the sacraments as instruments.
Webthe fundamental response of st paul and of the whole of the new testament is that he comes through the action of the holy spirit.
If the first history starts,.
Webthomas shows the appropriateness of this traditional twofold division.
In the argument sed contra, on the authority of st.
Paul who attributes both characteristics to grace,.
Webextensive biblical survey of the apostle paul's teaching on the organic relationship of grace, faith, works, and obedience.