Catholic theologians uphold the principle of salvation on the basis of Gods grace but what do they mean? Rome holds to "justification by sanctification." The phrase by Gods grace is critical. The Roman Catholic sees Gods grace everywhere, and so inflates the concept of grace as to make it meaningless! It is well documented that Gods grace can be construed by Rome as God allowing us to suffer for our own sins! Incredibly, Rome says we must, by the grace of God, discharge the debt of sin by suffering! Trent is straight forward.
If anyone says that after the reception of the grace of justification the guilt is so remitted and the debt of eternal punishment so blotted out to every repentant sinner, that no debt of temporal punishment remains to be discharged either in this world or in purgatory before the gates of heaven can be opened, let him be anathema. Trent, Sixth session, January, 1547.
This entire issue is begging for full exposure, analysis and exposition.
Taken from The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, by H.J. Schroeder, pgs. 41-46.
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