Scholastic Soteriologies

THREE SOTERIOLOGIES: 
THE STEPS OF SALVATION 


     THOMAS OF AQUINO            Gabriel Biel             LUTHER
      Realism                     NOMINALISM           Protestantism



    gratuitous                     moral                   grace
1)   infusion of                    effort 
     grace



    moral                          gratuitous
2)   cooperation                    infusion
     (doing one's	                of grace
     best)



    reward of                      moral co-
3)   eternal                        operation
     life           



4)                                 reward of 
                                    eternal life