The Gift of Grace

Grace (gratia, Charis), in general, is a supernatural gift of God to

intellectual creatures (men, angels) for their eternal salvation,

 whether the latter be furthered and attained through salutary acts

 or a state of holiness.  Eternal salvation itself consists in heavenly

 bliss resulting from the intuitive knowledge of the Triune God, who

 to the one not endowed with grace "inhabiteth light

inaccessible" (1Timothy 6:16).  Christian grace is a fundamental

 idea of the Christian religion, the pillar on which, by a special

 ordination of God, the majestic edifice of Christianity rests in its

 entirety.  Among the three fundamental ideas, sin, redemption, and

 grace-grace plays the part of the means, indispensable and

 Divinely ordained, to effect the redemption from sin through

 Christ and to lead men to their eternal destiny in heaven.