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This document outlines the causes of justification according to Catholic theology. It identifies 5 causes: 1) The final cause is the glory of God and eternal life. 2) The efficient cause is God's mercy. 3) The meritorious cause is the death and blood of Jesus Christ. 4) The instrumental cause is baptism and faith. 5) The formal cause is the justice of God that makes us just and renews our spirit.

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Justification Chart

This document outlines the causes of justification according to Catholic theology. It identifies 5 causes: 1) The final cause is the glory of God and eternal life. 2) The efficient cause is God's mercy. 3) The meritorious cause is the death and blood of Jesus Christ. 4) The instrumental cause is baptism and faith. 5) The formal cause is the justice of God that makes us just and renews our spirit.

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Justification and its Causes

Title of Cause Summary Causes Described


The Final Glory of The glory of God and of Christ and life everlasting
Cause God;
life
everlasting
The Efficient Mercy of The merciful God who washes and sanctifies gratuitously
Cause God (1 Cor. 6:11; Eph 2:8-9), signing and anointing with the
Holy Spirit of promise, who is the pledge of our inheritance
(Eph. 1:13f.)
The Death and His [God's] most beloved only begotten, our Lord Jesus
Meritorious Blood Christ, who, when we were enemies, (Rom. 5:10) merited
Cause of Christ for us justification by His most holy passion on the wood
of the cross and made satisfaction for us to God the
Father. "Without the shedding of blood there is no
remission of sins" (Heb 9:22; Lev 17:11).
The Baptism, The sacrament of baptism, which is the sacrament of
Instrumental the faith, without which no man was ever justified finally . . .
Cause Sacrament (Jn 3:5; Acts 2:38; 22:16; Titus 3:5; 1 Pet 3:21) man is
of Faith justified by faith, because faith is the beginning of human
salvation, the foundation and root of all justification,
without which it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6)
and to come to fellowship of His sons; and we are therefore
said to justified gratuitously, because none of those things
that precede justification, whether faith or works, merit the
grace of justification. For, if by grace, it is not now by
works, otherwise, as the Apostle says, grace is no more
grace (Trent, Canon 6) (Rom. 11:2).
The Single Justice of The justice of God, not that by which He Himself is just,
Formal God but that by which He makes us just, that, namely, with
Cause which we being endowed by Him, are renewed in the spirit
of our mind, (Eph. 4:23 (Imputed vs. Infused). and not only
are we reputed but we are truly called and are just,
receiving justice within us. We must be holy. (Heb 12:14, 1
Cor 6:9ff.; Rev 21:8).

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