Exposition of the Canons, Second Head of Doctrine, Of the Death of Christ, and the Redemption of Men Thereby: Rejection of Errors, Article 6

Article VI. Article VI. Who use the difference between meriting and appropriating, to the end that they may instill into the minds of the imprudent and inexperienced this teaching, that God, as far as he is concerned, has been minded of applying to all equally the benefits gained by the death of Christ; but that, while some obtain the pardon of sin and eternal life, and others do not, this difference depends on their own free will, which joins itself to the grace that is offered without...