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The principal fruit of justification, according to the Tridentine Council,1220 is the meritoriousness of all good works performed in the state of sanctifying grace.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

It is well known that, during the middle ages, theological views on the meritoriousness of all self-denial made voluntary celibacy very common.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm

With an imaginary reality of conviction, young people are often led into hypocrisy, from a sense of the meritoriousness of that very hypocrisy itself in the eyes of many.

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.

In 1643 a disputation was held, in which Hornejus, a colleague of Calixt, supported his doctrine especially on the meritoriousness of good works.

From History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 by MacCaffrey, James

Other Patristic texts inculcating the meritoriousness of good works performed in the state of grace can be found in Bellarmine, De Iustif.,

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur