Sorta. My understanding from 10 years of Catholic schooling is that you must truly repent to receive grace, and true repentance can only be done through Christ and the Church. The two are functionally the same, though, since one triggers the other (or the act of repentance may be an act of grace - it's been a while since I re-read that part of the catechism).
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Re: God will send the sinners to hell and the righteous to heaven
Date: 8/3/10 20:26 (UTC)