CHAPTER XXXIV: QUESTION 49: THE EFFECTS OF CHRIST'S PASSION AND THE UNIVERSALITY OF REDEMPTION

[1979] Denz., no. 194.

[1980] Ibid., nos. 794, 800

[1981] Ibid., nos. 286, 993f.

[1982] Ibid., nos. 122f., 286, 319, 323, 462, 794, 799, 809, 820, 1096, 1294f., 1409

[1983] Ibid., nos. 319, 462, 480, 551

[1984] Ibid., no. 323

[1985] cf. ad 3

[1986] Phil. 2:8.

[1987] Denz., no. 1096

[1988] Nicene Creed

[1989] Denz., no. 1294

[1990] II Cor. 4:15

[1991] Denz., no. 795

[1992] Rom. 5:18.

[1993] II Cor. 5:15

[1994] I Tim. 2:4f.

[1995] Heb. 2:9

[1996] I John 2:2

[1997] Enchiridion patristicum, no. 422. See especially texts from St. Basil, St. Gregory Nazianzen, St. Ambrose, St. John Chrysostom, St. Augustine.

[1998] Contra Julianum, chap. 4, nos. 8, 24

[1999] De natura et gratia, chap. 43, no. 50

[2000] Denz., no 319

[2001] Rom. 3:25

[2002] Denz., no. 794; I John 2:2..

[2003] cf. IIIa, q. 49, a. 1

[2004] Matt. 16:24

[2005] I Pet. 2:21. cf. II Cor. 4:10; Gal. 5:24; Heb. 5 1; Rom. 8:17; II Pet. 1:10.

[2006] cf. IIIa, q. 49, a. 1-5.

[2007] Ibid., q. 69, a. 3.

[2008] Rom. 5:3f.; II Cor. 4:17

[2009] So St. Thomas has spoken in several places. see the Tabula aurea of his works, under the heading "satisfaction, " no. 36, where he says that Christ satisfied sufficiently for the whole human race, but not efficaciously. cf. IIIa, q. 79, a. 7, ad 2, where he says "Christ's passion benefits all, for the forgiveness of sin and the attaining of grace and glory, whereas it produces no effect except in those who are united with Christ's passion through faith and charity." In the Contra Gentes, Bk. IV, chap. 55, ad 7, we read "There is sufficient power in the divine Incarnation for the salvation of all men; but that not all are saved thereby happens because of their disposition, in that they refuse to receive in themselves the fruit of the Incarnation, by not abiding in the incarnate God by faith and charity." Likewise in De veritate, q. 29, a. 7, ad 4, he remarks: "Christ's merit was sufficient for the salvation of all men, but it was not efficacious for all, partly because of free will, partly because of divine choice, by which the effect of Christ's merits is conferred mercifully on some, but on others it is withdrawn by God's just judgment." We find the same formula in his Com. on St. Matthew, chap. 20 (end); also in his Com. on I Tim., chap. 2, lect. 1 (end), where he says: "[Christ merited] efficaciously for some, but sufficiently for all, because the price of His blood is sufficient for the salvation of all, but it is efficacious only for the elect, because of the obstacle."

[2010] cf. IIIa, q. 19, a. 4; q. 21, a. 4