teaching of human nature, or that of the law, without the grace of God through Jesus Christ; let him be anathema. Canon II. If any one saith, that the grace of God, through Jesus Christ, is given only for this, that man may be able more easily to live justly, and to merit eternal life, as if, by free will without grace, he were able to do both, though hardly indeed and with difficulty; let him be anathema. Man can do absolutely nothing to obtain initial justification (a position that is also contrary
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