Date of Award
6-1958
Degree Type
Master's Essay - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Theology
First Advisor
Malachi Donnelly
Second Advisor
Cyril Donahue
Third Advisor
Floyd Stanton
Abstract
The plan of this paper is to proceed from a consideration of the natural to the supernatural. To arrive at definite concepts of the supernatural, we must begin by examining the concept of nature, because the supernatural presupposes the natural. The supernatural is referred in particular to the lite of grace in the just soul, which transforms man from creature to child of God. This adoptive sonship or divine adoption through grace is the focal point and theme of the essay. Here again the counterpart and antithesis between the natural and supernatural forms the basis of the discussion-natural birth and natural life in relation to supernatural rebirth and supernatural life, legal adoption compared and contrasted with divine adoption. We then proceed to further implications of divine adoption in the status of man with relation to God, his Father.
Recommended Citation
Ney, Mary Gordiana, "Divine Adoption Through Grace" (1958). Master's Essays (1922 - ). 2521.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/essays/2521
Comments
An essay submitted to the faculty of the Theology Department, Graduate School, Marquette University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.