### Instruction: How did men gain grace?

### Response: Grace is one of the chief effects of the Redemption, the other one is the satisfaction of God’s justice by Christ’s sufferings and death (-- Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON NINTH ON THE EFFECTS OF THE REDEMPTION / Q. 102). Grace is a supernatural gift of God bestowed on us, through the merits of Jesus Christ, for our salvation (-- Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON NINTH ON THE EFFECTS OF THE REDEMPTION / Q. 103). There are two kinds of grace, sanctifying grace and actual grace (-- Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON NINTH ON THE EFFECTS OF THE REDEMPTION / Q. 104).