Aquinas Vs. Augustine's Theory Of Grace

Saint Augustine believed that grace is impacted by Adam and Eve’s sin and the reason that sin keeps happening is because of people having sex. He believes that when humans have sex, they are committing a sin which needs to be repented in order to be in the good grace of god. Augustine also believes that everyone was born into original sin which means that you are born with the knowledge to only sin and to do the wrong thing. This also means that when you have a choice between doing the right thing and being sinful, being sinful will always be more attractive, which is to be disobedient from god. To Saint Augustine, the urge to be evil and to sin was always greater than anything else, which caused all of the bad in the world and why the world

One difference that occurs between the two of the theologians, is that of Karl Rahner and Thomas Aquinas. These two theologians disagree on the subject of if grace added to nature or not. Thomas Aquinas believes that grace is added to nature, while on the other side Karl Rahner believes that grace was not added to nature. Another example of where theologians disagree or agree with each other is that Aquinas and Augustine both agree is that Grace is not originally situated in the context of original sin. What this means is that they both believe that original sin is not connected with the theory of grace. The third comparative example is that Martin Luther believed he was always sinning which led him to repent his sins multiple times a day, along with the thoughts of Luther, Saint Augustine also believed that there was a large amount of sin in the world because of humans having sex which Augustine thought was a sin. The last comparative example is the difference between Saint Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. The difference between the two is that Saint Augustine believed that everyone was going to be damned, while on the other side of the argument, Thomas Aquinas believed that in the end, everything is