Here is a quote from the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Some groups emphasize that we are dead in our trespasses and sins, which is true. However, the Bible also has other descriptions of our spiritual state without grace. Notice all the things we needed and how each and every need is met by Christ.
When I get time, I will show where Scripture supports each point St. Gregory of Nyssa makes. Many accuse Catholics of not caring about Scripture, only tradition. That is true of all kinds of Christians, but it should not be that way.
There is a movement within Catholicism to study Scripture and know what our faith teaches.
Sick, our nature demanded to be healed; fallen, to be raised up; dead, to rise again. We had lost the possession of the good; it was necessary for it to be given back to us. Closed in the darkness, it was necessary to bring us the light; captives, we awaited a Savior; prisoners, help; slaves, a liberator. Are these things minor or insignificant? Did they not move God to descend to human nature and visit it, since humanity was in so miserable and unhappy a state?71
St. Gregory of Nyssa, Orat. catech 15: PG 45, 48B.
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