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the thief, 10 that of the faithful servant, 11 that of the wise 

 and the foolish virgins, 12 that of the talents which the 

 master gave to his servants, and others. 13 



Sanctifying grace is ordinarily attached to certain vis- 

 ible signs, called Sacraments, — "through which," in the 

 words of the Tridentine Fathers, " all true justice either 

 begins, or being begun is increased, or being lost is re- 

 paired." 14 



These means of grace man is in duty bound to use, — 

 which is but another way of saying that he must submit 

 himself to the Church established by Jesus Christ. 15 



Readings. — St. Thomas, Summa Theologica, ia 2ae, qu. 113. — 

 Pohle-Preuss, Grace, Actual and Habitual, 2nd ed., St. Louis, 

 1917. PP- 274 sqq. — Codex Iuris Canonici, can. 731-1144. (In 

 this work we have duly noted the changes made necessary by 

 the new Code. A succinct statement of them will be found in 

 A. Viladevall, Mutationes in Theologiam Moralem a Novo Codice 

 Iuris Canonici Inductae, Buenos Aires 1917)' 



loMatth. xxiv, 43 sqq- 



11 Matth. XXV, 1 sqq. 



12 Matth. XXIV, 45 sqq. 



13 Matth. XXV, 14 sqq. 



14 Cone. Trident., Sess. VI, can. 

 20; Sess. VII, Prooem. 



15 Cone. Trident., Sess. VII, De 

 Sacr., can. 4; De Bapt., can. 8 

 (Denzinger-Bannwart, n. 847, 864). 



