The201 - Nature and Grace

The201 - Wk2, Lecture 2 - Nature and Grace

St Augustine - Confessions 1, 1, 1. "Our Heart is restless until it rests in you"

Original Justice - What was it like for Adam and Eve before the fall? We only know via the genesis story.

-Supernatural gift of Grace
-Preternatural gifts present int he powers of the Soul
-Natural gifts of the powers of the soul themselves

Preternatural gifts present in the intellect, will, emotions and body
-Infused knowledge (vs ignorance)
-Loving obedience (vs malice)
-Spontaneous enjoyment of the virtues (vs concupiscence) [There's no struggle, concupiscence is the tendency to sin.]
-Absence of suffering and death (vs suffering and death)

Natural Gifts

We know this via theological investigation into the scriptures

{Can't imagine life like this - it would have no meaning}

The final state of Nature is the glorified state in heaven.

Definition of Grace: Catechism, #1997