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Hans Urs von Balthasar

To be sure, the response of faith to revelation, which God grants to the creature he chooses and moves with his love, occurs in such a way that it is truly the creature that provides the response, with its own nature and its natural powers of love.

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Faith is a response given freely by a person, even though it is made possible by God's loving choice and action. This response comes genuinely from the individual's own nature and their natural ability to love, not just from external influence.

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