If grace is necessary to avoid sin, are those without this grace culpable of their sins?

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I know first-hand just how important God’s grace is to avoid sin, like in failing in my loving God with all my soul, heart, mind and strength. Are such sins committed with free will when committed due to a lack of grace?
 
No one is “without grace.” God has given a measure of his grace to all persons no matter who they are or where they were born.

St. Paul writes:

Rom. 1[18] For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness suppress the truth.
[19] For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.

God has given all men the grace to see him in creation. God has built on this grace through Christ’s redemption making it saving grace. So, all who are saved are saved in and through Christ through God’s grace.
 
No one is “without grace.” God has given a measure of his grace to all persons no matter who they are or where they were born.

St. Paul writes:

Rom. 1[18] For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness suppress the truth.
[19] For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.

God has given all men the grace to see him in creation. God has built on this grace through Christ’s redemption making it saving grace. So, all who are saved are saved in and through Christ through God’s grace.
I would think that there are many types of grace, and that we are not all blessed with the same graces. I’ve personally been praying for the grace to love God with all my soul, heart, mind and strength. Without this grace, I’m bound to sin here.
 
I would think that there are many types of grace, and that we are not all blessed with the same graces. I’ve personally been praying for the grace to love God with all my soul, heart, mind and strength. Without this grace, I’m bound to sin here.
Everyone has access to the type grace needed to overcome the temptation to sin.
 
Everyone has access to the type grace needed to overcome the temptation to sin.
Do you have a source? I’m very interested.

Why do people often pray for the grace to overcome temptation (The Our Father) if they already have it?
 
Do you have a source? I’m very interested.
The CCC tells us about this kind of grace:

Possible salvation of non-Christians: #s 846-848.

“Outside the Church there is no salvation”
846 How are we to understand this affirmation, often repeated by the Church Fathers?335 Re-formulated positively, it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body:
Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church. He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through Baptism as through a door. Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it.336

847 This affirmation is not aimed at those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and his Church:

Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieve eternal salvation.337

848 "Although in ways known to himself God can lead those who, through no fault of their own, are ignorant of the Gospel, to that faith without which it is impossible to please him, the Church still has the obligation and also the sacred right to evangelize all men."338

God could not judge non-believers if he had not given them the grace to know right from wrong. God has implanted the natural law within our hearts and given us the grace to access it. If not, no one could be held accountable for their sins or for not availing themselves of the grace God gave them.
 
I know first-hand just how important God’s grace is to avoid sin, like in failing in my loving God with all my soul, heart, mind and strength. Are such sins committed with free will when committed due to a lack of grace?
The premise is false, since it is a dogmatic teaching that every person is given “sufficient grace.” This is in line with the Scriptural principle that God desires no one should perish.

This is also why the Catechism teaches that there are certain sins that are not excusable by virtue of ignorance, namely, violations of the natural law, which is written into the heart of every man. So yes, those who freely commit sins are culpable.
 
The CCC tells us about this kind of grace:

Possible salvation of non-Christians: #s 846-848.

“Outside the Church there is no salvation”
846 How are we to understand this affirmation, often repeated by the Church Fathers?335 Re-formulated positively, it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body:
Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church. He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through Baptism as through a door. Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it.336

847 This affirmation is not aimed at those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and his Church:

Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieve eternal salvation.337

848 "Although in ways known to himself God can lead those who, through no fault of their own, are ignorant of the Gospel, to that faith without which it is impossible to please him, the Church still has the obligation and also the sacred right to evangelize all men."338

God could not judge non-believers if he had not given them the grace to know right from wrong. God has implanted the natural law within our hearts and given us the grace to access it. If not, no one could be held accountable for their sins or for not availing themselves of the grace God gave them.
Why are some forms of sin, such as porn and masturbation, so difficult to give up if everyone has the grace to quit? No, overcoming these sins take a special form of grace, which is not granted to everyone in the same measure.
 
Why are some forms of sin, such as porn and masturbation, so difficult to give up if everyone has the grace to quit?
Seems that the immediate answer to that question is that they don’t want to give it up. If the don’t want to, it is very easy for them to reject the grace to quit.
No, overcoming these sins take a special form of grace, which is not granted to everyone in the same measure.
This is not in accord with Church teaching. See the Catechism.
 
Seems that the immediate answer to that question is that they don’t want to give it up. If the don’t want to, it is very easy for them to reject the grace to quit.
We’re talking about true addictions here that many cannot overcome. It’s not really a choice when it becomes an addiction, the same for those addicted to alcohol or drugs, and cannot be overcome without God’s intervention.
 
We’re talking about true addictions here that many cannot overcome. It’s not really a choice when it becomes an addiction, the same for those addicted to alcohol or drugs, and cannot be overcome without God’s intervention.
Why do you assume that addiction cannot be overcome?
 
Why do you assume that addiction cannot be overcome?
I’m saying that addictions can only be overcome through God’s grace. Many of us have been conditioned to believe that such feats can be achieved by human willpower alone, but anyone with good eyes can see that it’s really God.
 
I’m saying that addictions can only be overcome through God’s grace. Many of us have been conditioned to believe that such feats can be achieved by human willpower alone, but anyone with good eyes can see that it’s really God.
But, that is not what you stated in the prior post.
Robert Sock:
We’re talking about true addictions here that many cannot overcome.
Highlighting mine.
 
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