The issue of predestination and the closely related question of “grace ” ​ — a word used by the churches to designate the act by which God saves and declares men righteous — ​ took on such proportions that in 1611 the Catholic Holy See forbade anything to be published on the subject without its consent.
“ कृपा ” शब्द गिरजों द्वारा उस कार्य के लिए प्रयोग किया जाता है जिससे परमेश्‍वर मनुष्यों का उद्धार करता है और उन्हें धर्मी ठहराता है ।