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Learn more about Bing search results hereOrganizing and summarizing search results for youCondign merit is measured by commutative justice and supposes an equality between service and return. It gives a real claim to a reward in the name of Christ. Congruous merit, on the other hand, claims a reward only on the ground of equity. Congruent merit is the equivalent of condign merit but applied to an unregenerated person by the goodness of God. In the first case, God has obligated himself, by his promises to reward his son's merits in his children. In the second case, God bestows his merit to those who seek him in faith not from obligation but from mercy and love.2 Sources
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Apr 18, 2014 · Condign Merit is God’s reward for a work accomplished by a person who does His will. God has bound himself to reward the person for …
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Condign and Congruous Merit - Catholic365.com
Learn the difference between condign and congruous merit, two forms of supernatural reward in Christian theology. Condign merit is deserved and adequate, while congruous merit is fitting and becoming.
Condign merit - Wikipedia
Congruent merit is the equivalent of condign merit but applied to an unregenerated person by the goodness of God. In the first case, God has obligated himself, by his promises to reward His Son's merits in his children. In the second case, God bestows his merit to those who seek him in faith not from obligation but from mercy and love. In neither case is God obligated by the human. In the first case, God is obligated by his promises to those who love him. In the second, God is …
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Q&A: What are the three types of Merit? - Thirdmill
In the Catholic system of salvation, they refer to three different types of supernatural merit: (1) congruent; (2) condign; and (3) strict. To assist our understanding the table below will attempt …
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Merit - NEW ADVENT
- (a) If we analyse the definition given above, it becomes evident that the property of merit can be found only in works that are positively good, whilst bad works, whether they benefit or injure a third party, contain nothing but demerit (demeritum) and consequently deserve punishment. Thus the good workman certainly deserves the reward of his labou...
Merit and Reward | Catholic Answers Magazine
Jan 1, 1999 · Catholic theology distinguishes at least three types of merit: congruent merit, in which it is fitting for an act to be rewarded, but there is no obligation to do so; condign merit, in which one has promised to reward the …
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Merit: Clarification of the Catholic Doctrine - Patheos
May 10, 2016 · Congruous merit is associated with the divine goodness, where condign merit rather depends on God’s fidelity to his promises. (Ibid., p. 125; my bolded emphases)
Condign and Congruous Merit - William Hemsworth-The Bible …
Sep 25, 2018 · As previously stated, condign and congruous merit are distinct but have an integral relationship. Congruous merit arouses the soul to move towards God, and this movement can …
Strict v. Condign v. Congruent v. Pactum Merit - The Puritan Board
Feb 14, 2016 · Condign Merit: (1) Same as strict merit; or (2) Merit given according to a promise, i.e., God gives this merit because he has promised to reward such actions. Congruent Merit: …
Merit - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Online
Ethics and theology clearly distinguish two kinds of merit: congruous or quasi-merit ( meritum inadœquatum sive de congruo ). Condign merit supposes an equality between service and …
Heidelberg 63: Rewards Merited For Us By Christ And Given …
May 8, 2015 · When the medieval church thought about rewards, it thought about merit. They distinguished between two kinds or aspects of merit. That which we most frequently discuss …
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There are two types of merit, condign meritand congruous merit. Condign merit is the right in strictjustice to a reward. Congruous merit is not so much a right as aclaim; it rests upon what is …
In Catholicism, what are meritorious works? - Compelling Truth
The Catholic Church teaches there are two types of merit: condign merit and congruous merit. Condign merit carries an obligation for reward, such as payment for a rendered service. …
Turretin On Merit In The Covenant Of Works | The Heidelblog
Apr 25, 2015 · Condign merit would be intrinsically valuable merit. For Turretin, the only merit Adam might have accrued would have been congruent or imputed merit or merit understood …
Merit | Catholic Answers Encyclopedia
Ethics and theology clearly distinguish two kinds of merit: (I) condign merit or merit in the strict sense of the word (meritum adcequatum sive de condign), and (2) congruous or quasi-merit …
Aug 9, 2017 · Dabney is guarding against a form of merit called “condign merit.” This is merit that obtains from the dignity and intrinsic worth of an act or moral constitution. We also sometimes …
Dictionary : CONGRUOUS | Catholic Culture
Equitable and proper that God should grant what is asked or expected of him. commonly applied to merit, it is distinguished from merit strictly so called, the latter being known as condign....
merit - History of Christian Theology
In Catholicism it consists of two parts, Condign merit (a concept developed by Augustine) referring to good works of love that are performed through God’s grace making a person worthy of the …
9 - The Concept of Merit - Cambridge University Press
Jan 27, 2020 · This chapter explores these divergences, and notes the growing tendency on the part of writers such as Duns Scotus and William of Ockham to adopt voluntarist rather that …
Merit: Christian Concepts - Encyclopedia.com
Widespread in the Middle Ages was the distinction between acts that ensure divine recognition and acts that merely qualify for it at divine discretion. These two types of merit are referred to …
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