Like I said before, without this free will there is no such thing as good and evil.
OUR
UNAIDED FREE WILL IS ONLY GOOD FOR LYING AND SIN
The Council of Sens (1140)
condemned the idea that free will is
sufficient in itself for any good. Donez., 373.
Council of Orange (529)
In canon 20, entitled hat
Without God Man Can Do No Good. . . Denz., 193; quoting St. Prosper.
In canon 22, says, “
No one has anything of his own except
lying and sin. Denz., 194; quoting St. Prosper.
.
FALLEN/ UNSAVED MAN DOESN’T HAVE A FREE WILL TO CHOOSE TO BE SAVED
Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma by Ludwig Ott,
Fallen man
cannot redeem himself. (
De fide.)
For every salutary act internal supernatural grace of God (gratia elevans) is
absolutely necessary. (
De fide.)
There is a supernatural intervention of God in the faculties of the soul, which
precedes the free act of the will. (
De fide.)
2022; “The divine
initiative in the work of grace
precedes, prepares, and
elicits the free response of man. …”
.
John 6:44;
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me
draws them.
While St. Thomas says that man turns to God by his own free will, he explains that free-will can only be turn to God,
when God turns it.
CCCS 1996-1998; This call to eternal life is supernatural, coming TOTALLY
from God’s decision and surpassing ALL power of human intellect and will.”
308 God is the
first cause who operates in and through
secondary causes:
"For God is at work in you,
both to
will and to
work for his good pleasure. – This is the correct understanding of our free ability to choose, God
enlightens our mind and we
freely choose the act willed by God.
.
IN THE MYSTERY OF PREDESTINATION by John Salza
explains.
Page 121; “Fr. Most identifies the metaphysical issue as follows:
Sufficient grace gives man the
potency to do good, but do not give the application.
For the application
efficacious grace is required to move him from potency
to act.
Therefore,
sufficient grace is insufficient to move him to act.
.
Page 77; When God wills a person to perform a salutary act (e.g., prayer, good works), He grants him the means (an
efficacious grace that
infallibly produces the end (
the act willed by God).
If God wills to permit a person to resist His grace, He grants him a
sufficient, and
not an efficacious grace.
The distinctions between these graces reveal that
God is responsible for man’s salvation.
FOR EXAMPLE
Page 113: However, the Church teaches that God infused Adam with
sufficient grace to resist temptation and to perform his duties with charity.
God, however,
willed to permit Adam to reject His grace and to sin.” – Reason described in CCC 310; 314; etc.
.
God bless
