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Just as there is a gradation of venial, mortal, and impenitent (irreversible) for sin, there appears to be a gradation for freely accepting the covenant of God. Basic moral acts accept an increase in grace. Grace triumphs in the act of love that resembles the final option, the entrance to a mystical and supernatural life.
[Note the word “earn” is not used for grace. One does not “earn” a particular will, unless “habituation” is “earning”. For virtue, one struggles and accepts whatever inspiration comes along. Grace may inspire consciencefree and train the dispositions. In order to do so, it seems like grace would be an action, or an actuality inherent in action.
At the same time, the intersecting nested forms show that grace is not an actuality like money. Grace is not a commodity that can be earned and spent. Thus, it seems that grace operates within the realms of mediation and possibility. Grace inspires us to judge our acts according to thinkdivine. Grace calls consciencefree. In this, grace increases the likelihood of acts of virtue.
So far, the term “grace” is perplexing.]