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Summa of Grace: A Dogmatic Treatise on Theological Anthropology: Creation, Original Sin, Justification, and Grace
Paperback
Series: Theology of Grace: Dogmatic and Systematic Studies, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 3 2026
Pages: 554
Weight: 1.61
Height: 1.12 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
How does the finite creature enter into the intimate life of the Triune God without losing its ontological integrity? In an intellectual landscape fragmented by secular naturalism and theological extrinsicism, Summa of Grace stands as a monumental manual of Catholic dogmatics, recovering the organic unity between creation, the historical drama of sin, and the deifying splendor of divine favor.
Grounded firmly in the hierarchy of theological sources-Sacred Scripture, the consensus of the Church Fathers, the solemn definitions of the Magisterium (particularly Carthage, Orange II, and the Council of Trent), and the metaphysical brilliance of the Thomistic tradition-this treatise systematically articulates the foundational questions of human salvation:
- The Metaphysics of Creation & Hylomorphic Unity: The ontological constitution of the human composite (corpore et anima unus), the immediate creation of the rational soul, and the robust defense of the forma corporis in dialogue with modern cognitive neuroscience.
- Original Justice & The Preternatural Order: The state of primordial innocence, the preternatural gifts (bodily immortality, integrity, impassibility, and infused knowledge), and an uncompromising examination of human origins and population genetics.
- The Supernatural End & Natura Pura: The historic debates on the desiderium naturale videndi Deum, resolving the dialectic between the Cajetanian school, modern theological controversies (de Lubac, Rahner), and the vital role of obediential potency (potentia oboedientialis).
- The Mystery of Iniquity & Wounded Nature: The formal anatomy of original pride, the conciliar decrees on the transmission of original sin (vulneratio naturae), and a decisive refutation of classical Pelagianism, modern neo-Pelagian voluntarism, and secularized views of evil.
- Uncreated Grace & The Trinitarian Indwelling: The absolute ontological priority of divine self-communication, the invisible missions of the Son and the Holy Spirit, and the disputed questions on divine appropriation versus proper relations.
- Created Grace as Entitative Habit: The formal cause of justification, real interior deification (theosis), adoptive filiation, and the distinction between gratia gratum faciens and the charismatic order of gratia gratis data.
- Actual Grace & The Free Will Controversies: The metaphysics of divine motion, interior illumination, and an exhaustive assessment of the Thomist (Bañezian), Molinist, and Congruist solutions within the historic De Auxiliis congregations.
- The Operative Organism & Sacramental Economy: The architecture of infused virtues and spiritual gifts, the dogmatic theology of merit (de condigno and de congruo), sacramental causality (ex opere operato), and the mystical currents of the communio sanctorum.
Written secundum ordinem doctrinae, this treatise harmonizes positive dogmatic history with high scholastic speculation. It addresses contemporary intellectual challenges without compromising classical metaphysics, delivering an indispensable reference for theologians, professors, seminarians, and discerning readers seeking the definitive Catholic synthesis on grace and human destiny.
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