Men are inclined to justice so long as, stirred and aided by Divine grace, they accept faith upon hearing it preached and freely respond to God, believing those things which have been Divinely revealed and promised to be true; and especially that a wicked man is justified by grace, by the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, Session VI, 13th January, Chapter 6.

[42.] Man is justified by faith freely, since we are said to be 'justified by faith'. For faith is the commencement of human salvation, the groundwork and root of all justification, without which it is impossible to please God and to enter into the fellowship of His children. We are said to be justified freely, because none of those things which precede justification, whether of faith or works, merits the grace of justification; for if there is grace, it is not of works, or the grace would not be grace, Ibid. Chapter 8.

[43.] Christ's merit is introduced by faith, hope, and charity; for faith, unless hope and charity are added to it, neither unites man with Christ nor makes him a living member of His body, Ibid. Chapter 7, para. 3.

[44.] For which reason it is said that faith without works is dead and profitless; faith works by charity. For the same reason [they who are being justified] immediately heed the Lord's saying, If you will enter into life, keep the commandments, Ibid. Chapter 7, para. 4.

[45.] Man is justified by works, and not by faith only, Ibid. Chapter 10.

Through Jesus Christ men have access [to grace], Ibid. Chapter 11.

[46.] If anyone says that a wicked person is justified by faith alone, so as to understand that he needs nothing that would cooperate towards [the possession of] the grace of justification; or that there is no necessity at all for him to be prepared and influenced by the inclination of his own will, let him be anathema, Canons 9.

[47.] If anyone says that men are justified solely by the imputation of Christ's justice or solely by the remission of sins, to the exclusion of grace and charity which is diffused in their hearts by the Holy Spirit and adheres therein, or says that grace is but God's good pleasure, let him be anathema, Canons 11.

[48.] If anyone says that a justifying faith is nothing but confidence in Divine mercy remitting sin through Jesus Christ, or that this confidence is that by which we are justified, [let him be anathema,] Canons 12, and further in Canons 13, 14, 19-21, 24, 29.