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The concept of grace has been called " the watershed that divides Catholicism from Protestantism, Calvinism from Arminianism, modern liberalism from conservatism.

" The Roman Catholic Church holds that grace is infused in a particular way through sacraments, while Protestantism almost universally does not.

Calvinists emphasize " the utter helplessness of man apart from grace.

" Arminians understand the grace of God as cooperating with one's free will in order to bring an individual to salvation.

According to Evangelical theologian Charles C. Ryrie, modern liberal theology " gives an exaggerated place to the abilities of man to decide his own fate and to effect his own salvation entirely apart from God's grace.

" He writes that theological conservatives maintain God's grace is necessary for salvation.