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  • 31be efficacious — index prevail (triumph) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 32Efficaciously — Efficacious Ef fi*ca cious, a. [L. eficax, acis, fr. efficere. See {Effect}, n.] Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law. Syn: See {Effectual}. {Ef fi*ca… …

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  • 33efficaciously — efficacious ► ADJECTIVE formal ▪ effective. DERIVATIVES efficaciously adverb efficaciousness noun. ORIGIN from Latin efficere accomplish …

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  • 34efficaciousness — efficacious ► ADJECTIVE formal ▪ effective. DERIVATIVES efficaciously adverb efficaciousness noun. ORIGIN from Latin efficere accomplish …

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  • 35Controversies on Grace —     Controversies on Grace     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Controversies on Grace     These are concerned chiefly with the relation between grace and free will. How can the all persuasiveness of grace, which imposes such a potent influence on the… …

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  • 36Molinism — • The name used to denote one of the systems which purpose to reconcile grace and free will Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Molinism     Molinism      …

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  • 37Congruism — • The term by which theologians denote a theory according to which the efficacy of efficacious grace is due, at least in part, to the fact that the grace is given in circumstances favourable to its operation, i. e. congruous in that sense… …

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  • 38Actual Grace — • A grace that is given for the performance of salutary acts and is present and disappears with the action itself Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Actual Grace     Actual Grace …

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  • 39Prayers for the Dead — • Catholic teaching regarding prayers for the dead is bound up inseparably with the doctrine of purgatory and the more general doctrine of the communion of the saints, which is an article of the Apostle s Creed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight …

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  • 40Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo —     Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo     St. Augustine of Hippo (354 430) is a philosophical and theological genius of the first order, dominating, like a pyramid, antiquity and… …

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