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Predestination, Grace, and Free Will

M. John Farrelly

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Description:Saint Paul unveiled to the Christians at Rome the awesome mystery of God's predestination of the elect to glory. An eternal, divine plan or intention directs man to the fulfillment of an end that wholly trancends his own natural owers: God has ordained men to share in his own eternal perfection forever.Man, although subject to God's plan, nevertheless remains free. He can decide his own values, choose his own goals, guide his own conduct, and impose a direction of his own making on his life. God does not act in opposition to this freedom but fulfills his divine decrees by gaining man's cooperation through grace so that man freely chooses to perform the acts necessary to his own eternal destiny. Likewise, man is free to refuse to cooperate with grace without, however, ceasing to be subject to God's sovereignty.Within the context of this heritage of Scripture and tradition, the author traces the difficulties that constantly have arisen in the explanations of this mystery by theologians. He shows how these difficulties touch the core of the Christian life, the intimate relationship of creature and Creator, man in his personal freedom, and God affecting that freedom.Dom Farrelly outlines the revelation found in the doctrines of Scripture and tradition and, before presenting the reader with a new explanation of the harmony that exists between God's predestination, providence, and grace and man's free will, he analyzes the various explanations of this mystery thoughout the centuries of controversy surrounding these topics. The author devotes emphatic attention to the predominant theories that were developed by Banez and Molina from the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas. He concludes that each contains built-in dilemmas that weaken their interpretations despite an overall acception among theologians. He strives to solve these dilemmas by his own original explanation. Based on recent advances in Scriptural studies and doctrinal hiso=tory, and relying on more objective criteria towards and understanding of St. Thomas, as proposed in recent philosophical and theological writings, PREDESTINATION, GRACE AND FREE WILL combines a fruitful, solid and striking originality with a scholarly, unified and illumination clarification of the complex elements of this mystery.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Predestination, Grace, and Free Will. To get started finding Predestination, Grace, and Free Will, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Saint Paul unveiled to the Christians at Rome the awesome mystery of God's predestination of the elect to glory. An eternal, divine plan or intention directs man to the fulfillment of an end that wholly trancends his own natural owers: God has ordained men to share in his own eternal perfection forever.Man, although subject to God's plan, nevertheless remains free. He can decide his own values, choose his own goals, guide his own conduct, and impose a direction of his own making on his life. God does not act in opposition to this freedom but fulfills his divine decrees by gaining man's cooperation through grace so that man freely chooses to perform the acts necessary to his own eternal destiny. Likewise, man is free to refuse to cooperate with grace without, however, ceasing to be subject to God's sovereignty.Within the context of this heritage of Scripture and tradition, the author traces the difficulties that constantly have arisen in the explanations of this mystery by theologians. He shows how these difficulties touch the core of the Christian life, the intimate relationship of creature and Creator, man in his personal freedom, and God affecting that freedom.Dom Farrelly outlines the revelation found in the doctrines of Scripture and tradition and, before presenting the reader with a new explanation of the harmony that exists between God's predestination, providence, and grace and man's free will, he analyzes the various explanations of this mystery thoughout the centuries of controversy surrounding these topics. The author devotes emphatic attention to the predominant theories that were developed by Banez and Molina from the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas. He concludes that each contains built-in dilemmas that weaken their interpretations despite an overall acception among theologians. He strives to solve these dilemmas by his own original explanation. Based on recent advances in Scriptural studies and doctrinal hiso=tory, and relying on more objective criteria towards and understanding of St. Thomas, as proposed in recent philosophical and theological writings, PREDESTINATION, GRACE AND FREE WILL combines a fruitful, solid and striking originality with a scholarly, unified and illumination clarification of the complex elements of this mystery.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Predestination, Grace, and Free Will. To get started finding Predestination, Grace, and Free Will, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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