prevenient
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He is almost entirely dependent upon God's "prevenient grace," which gives him the desire to do God's will, and "subsequent grace," which enables him to do it.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Now, I find thy prevenient grace helping my infirmities, and assisting me to pray as I ought.”
From True Christianity by Arndt, Johann
And as one effect is posterior to this effect, and prior to that, so may grace be called prevenient and subsequent on account of the same effect viewed relatively to divers others.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Consequently, there can be no efficacious prayer without prevenient grace, and purely natural prayer is inefficacious for salvation.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur
It follows that to be efficacious, prayer must be an effect of prevenient grace.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur
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