English Dictionary

state of grace

名詞

不可算名詞

(Christianity, Roman Catholicism) A condition free from mortal sin, in which one has the favor of God and enjoys unmerited divine assistance.

日本語の意味

死に至る罪がなく、神の恩寵にあずかり、無償の神の助けを受ける状態。キリスト教やカトリック教会において、神の恵みが与えられている境地を示す。

After confessing and sincerely repenting, she believed she had returned to a state of grace.

告解して心から悔い改めたあと、彼女は致命的な罪から解放され、神の恵みと無償の助けにあずかる状態に戻ったと信じていた。

意味（1）

(Christianity, Roman Catholicism) A condition free from mortal sin, in which one has the favor of God and enjoys unmerited divine assistance.

When God converts a sinner, and translates him into the state of grace, He freeth him from his natural bondage under sin; and, by His grace alone, enables him freely to will and to do that which is spiritually good; yet so, as that by reason of his remaining corruption, he doth not perfectly, nor only, will that which is good, but doth also will that which is evil.