What does this grace of the supernatural order imply?
This grace of the supernatural order implies two things: a supernatural state of soul, and supernatural motions of the Holy Spirit (CIX. 6).
What is meant by this supernatural state of soul?
By this is meant certain qualities introduced and preserved therein by God which in a sense make the very being and faculties of man divine (CX. 1-4).
What is the fundamental quality which makes man's very being divine?
It is called habitual or sanctifying grace (CX. 1, 2, 4).
What are the supernatural qualities which divinize man's faculties?
They are the virtues and the gifts (CX. 3).
Are the virtues and the gifts associated with habitual or sanctifying grace?
Yes, the virtues and the gifts are associated with habitual or sanctifying grace in such wise that they issue from this grace which can never exist in the soul unless they also exist in the faculties.
Are this grace, and these virtues and gifts, which sanctify the soul and its faculties something very estimable?
Yes, for they make man a child of God, and give him the power to act as such.
Is man, endowed with grace and the accompanying virtues and gifts, more perfect than the whole created world in the order of nature?
Yes, he is more perfect even than the angels if we consider them in their nature only (CXIII. 9, ad 2).
There is then nothing on earth more to be desired by man than to possess and keep, and by making daily progress in this grace of God together with the virtues and the gifts.
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