There exists a relationship between grace and nature analogous to the one between faith and reason. An imbalance arises when there is faith without reason or grace without nature, and vice versa, but perfect balance does not consist in putting these realities on the same level; on the contrary, it consists in placing them in their legitimate order, subordinating nature to that grace of which it is the precondition, just as the precondition of faith is reason, which is however subject to faith. This helps…