Er...not quite. The will and grace of God are paramount in RC soteriology, not the will of man. Justification for RCs is by Christ, in Christ and by grace, faith and Godly works being the products of that grace when not resisted by man. Neither the faith nor the works are strictly speaking the results of man's efforts but rather the results of the Holy Spirit working through man. It's all God, God and God and not man. This is not mere semantics but a very real distinction between what you have said and the theological reality as taught by the RCC.
ETA - thanks to Greg Perry for his good wishes which are reciprocated!
I thought we had been over this already Matt.
The will (as relative to works are concerned) cannot have anything to do with grace.
Justification for the RC's is not in Christ, but rather by works.
The Bible teaches that Justification is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Would they believe that?
It is not what "the RCC theology is," is our standard and authority, but rather the Bible. And their theology contradicts the Bible at every point.
Romans 11:6 And if by grace, then
is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if
it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
--It is either by grace or by works; it cannot be both. The one excludes the other. This is where the RCC goes wrong. I believe TS calls it cooperating with God in salvation. There is no cooperation. There is nothing man can do. Salvation is all of God. It is God's gift to man. He simply must choose to receive it. (i.e. it is of faith alone.)
How can "Godly grace be the products of that grace" when "that grace" is administered through the sacrament of baptism when the child is an infant. An infant does no godly works, and cannot do any works at all. It simply selfishly clings to its mother demanding it be fed and nourished by her, and demands all of her time. Those aren't "godly works."
Yet, the RCC catechism teaches that baptism = the new birth, or baptismal regeneration. This is one of the first heresies that entered the church. Peter calls it a "damnable heresy." For it is not water that saves, but rather the Holy Spirit working through the Word of God (the gospel).
If one does not keep the sacraments there is no salvation. That is salvation by works.
But what does the Scripture say:
Romans 11:6 And if by grace, then
is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if
it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
