Because man’s soul was subject to God, God fittingly made man’s body perfectly subject to his soul, and since the soul was immortal, so would the body be. The first was Sanctifying Grace, which made him pleasing in God’s sight, a friend of God, child of God and man’s soul totally confirmed and subject to God. God decided to give Adam special gifts which exceeded human nature. And Sanctifying Grace is a gift of God that man cannot merit to have, because it is the very principle of merit.Īdam and Eve were created with a human nature and a body which, by its nature, could decay and die, and a soul which was eternal. A man could cause his own death, but not while retaining Sanctifying Grace. The difficulty is that these two addends in this sum, however are not in man’s control. The forumla for heaven is very simple: Sanctifying Grace + Death = Salvation.
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But, if we have lost Sanctifying Grace by sin, and cannot go to confession, how to we get back Sanctifying Grace and get back on the road to Salvation?