Cap. IV Arg. 1 Sol: first — largo sensu any decree can be called praedestinatio, but theology specializes
Sol. Before solving the argument: adversaries keep playing with the word predestination, so a word on that. First: in a broad sense any decree of God about anything can be called a decree of predestination — all God's decrees are conceived from eternity in the divine mind according to the destined purpose of the divine will. But sacred theology has narrowed that word to a special sense; it is not candid theology to play games with hearers under the general notion.
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Sol. Priusquam ad argumenti solutionem veniamus, quia in ipso vocabulo praedestinationis subinde nobis illudunt adversarii, de eo aliquid dicemus. Est igitur primo notandum, posse quidem sensu largo quodlibet Dei decretum de re qualibet vocari decretum praedestinationis. Ratio aperta est; quia omnia Dei decreta sunt ab aeterno in mente Divina concepta, et secundum destinatum propositum voluntatis Divinae. Verum cum usus loquendi in sacra Theologia hoc vocabulum praedestinationis ad specialem quandam significationem arctaverit, non est ingenui Theologi sub generali notione vocabuli ludum facere auditoribus.