Divine providence
the Molinist account
by Thomas P. Flint
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Thomas P. Flint develops and defends the idea of divine providence sketched by Luis deMolina, the sixteenth-century Jesuit theologian. The Molinist account of divine providence reconciles two claims long thought to be incompatible: that God is the all knowing governor of the universe and that individual freedom can prevail only in a universe free of absolute determinism.
The Molinist concept of middle knowledge bolds that God knows, though he has no control over, truths about how any individual would freely choose to act in any situation, even if the person never encounters that situation. Given such knowledge, God can be truly providential while leaving his creatures genuinely free. Divine Providence is by far the most detailed and extensive presentation of the Molinist view ever written.
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Catholic Church, Doctrines, History, History of doctrines, Molinism, Providence and government of God, Molinisme, Molinismus, Christianity, Providence, Voorzienigheid, Vorsehung, Doctrinal Theology, Catholic church, doctrines, Catholic church, history, modern period, 1500-Times
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Divine providence: the Molinist account
1998, Cornell University Press
in English
0801434505 9780801434501
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