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Grace

Grace is not a rival to nature. It heals what sin has wounded, perfects created freedom, and draws the person into a share in divine life.

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c. 397–400 · Spiritual autobiography · 13 books

A life recounted as praise: desire, sin, conversion, memory, creation, and rest in God.

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1265–1274 · Scholastic synthesis · 3 parts

A disciplined inquiry into sacred doctrine, God, creation, human action, Christ, and the sacraments.

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c. 1377–1378 · Mystical theology · 4 treatises

A vast mystical dialogue on providence, discretion, prayer, the bridge of Christ, reform, and obedience.

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1918 · Spiritual theology · 24 meditations

A clear Dominican guide to divine indwelling, grace, the gifts, and the dignity of the Christian soul.

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1556 · English edition 1883 · Spiritual and moral instruction

A sustained call to conversion through the motives for virtue, the danger of sin, grace, and practical amendment of life.