Grace

E1244

Christian theological concept

Grace is the central Christian concept of God’s unmerited favor and loving initiative toward humanity, enabling salvation and spiritual transformation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Grace canonical	5
grace	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theological concept ⓘ
affirmedBy	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic theology Orthodox theology ⓘ Protestant theology ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	God’s unmerited favor ⓘ divine grace ⓘ
centralTo	Christian soteriology ⓘ Christian spirituality ⓘ
characteristicOf	God’s benevolence ⓘ God’s love ⓘ God’s mercy ⓘ
communicatedBy	God the Holy Spirit ⓘ surface form: Holy Spirit
contrastedWith	law ⓘ works-righteousness ⓘ
describedAs	God’s loving initiative toward humanity ⓘ undeserved gift from God ⓘ unmerited favor from God ⓘ
emphasizedBy	Apostle Paul ⓘ
enables	justification ⓘ salvation ⓘ sanctification ⓘ spiritual transformation ⓘ
expressedThrough	Jesus Christ ⓘ
foundationFor	Christian assurance ⓘ Christian ethics ⓘ
hasSubtype	common grace ⓘ justifying grace ⓘ prevenient grace ⓘ sanctifying grace ⓘ
mediatedBy	Jesus Christ ⓘ
notBasedOn	human merit ⓘ human works ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	atonement ⓘ faith ⓘ justification by faith ⓘ predestination ⓘ regeneration ⓘ sanctification ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
requiresHumanResponse	faith ⓘ repentance ⓘ
sourceIs	God ⓘ
themeOf	New Testament ⓘ
understoodAs	basis of forgiveness of sins ⓘ initiative of God in salvation ⓘ power for holy living ⓘ
viewedAs	divine assistance ⓘ gift of God ⓘ supernatural help ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christianity → hasImportantDoctrine → Grace ⓘ

Cat's Eye → hasCharacter → Grace ⓘ

Grace Kelly → givenName → Grace ⓘ

Grace Gummer → givenName → Grace ⓘ

Tasha Cobbs → notableSong → Grace ⓘ

Anna → meaningOfName → Grace ⓘ

this entity surface form: grace