Subject: Is John 3:16 for real? |
Bible Note: Dan, You are very close in your observations. Catholic theology treats justification and sanctification as a continuum. And the works after justification that have merit, I might point out, have merit only because by grace we are able to do them in Christ as members of his mystical body. Apart from Christ they have no merit. It is only "through him, with him and in him" that "all glory and honor is yours almighty Father, forever and ever, Amen!" This is the Great Amen prayer of the Mass just before Communion. Avery Dulles is the leading American Catholic theologian of our day. He was recently made a Cardinal by John Paul II because of his theological work despite the fact that he is not a bishop. Emmaus |