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Is grace limited to a specific group?

Q298 · Divine Grace

The scholar Origen says, “But thanks be unto God, that, even if the grace of prophecy was taken from the people, a grace greater than all that was poured forth among the Gentiles by our Saviour Jesus Christ”568

St. Clement of Alexandria , says, “For ‘I became all things to all men, that I might gain all men’ (1 Cor. 9:22). Since also ‘the rain’ of the divine grace is sent down ‘on the just and the unjust’ (Matt. 5:45).”569

St. Ambrose says, “the Apostle aptly explained that God, ‘who wishes all men to be saved’ (1 Tim. 2:4), is good to all men. And the special favor of God’s goodness is reserved most of all for the faithful , who receive the assistance of His good will and of His grace.”570

The Fathers cited

  • St. Clement of Alexandria
  • St. Ambrose

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