Catechism of the Catholic Church
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Filial adoption, in making us partakers by grace in the divine nature, can bestow true merit on us as a result of God's gratuitous justice. This is our right by grace, the full right of love, making us "co-heirs" with Christ and worthy of obtaining "the promised inheritance of eternal life." The merits of our good works are gifts of the divine goodness. "Grace has gone before us; now we are given what is due.... Our merits are God's gifts." (604)
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Related passages (suggestions)
- Titus 3:7·BibleTitus 3:7
para que a justificação obtida por sua graça nos torne, em esperança, herdeiros da vida eterna.
- Ephesians 1:14·BibleEphesians 1:14
que é o penhor da nossa herança, enquanto esperamos a completa redenção daqueles que Deus adquiriu para o louvor da sua glória.*