Theological Theses · §2021 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Baron approves Fonseca: God knew conditionally what Adam would do before decreeing to permit the fall

Robert Baron also expressly approves Fonseca's view, which posits in God a certain conditional knowledge before his free decree, preceding his absolute foreknowledge of future things.

For example, God at first knew only conditionally what would happen if Eve, led astray by the serpent, tempted Adam. Once he decreed to permit Adam to obey his wife's persuasion, he foresaw no longer conditionally but absolutely that Adam would fall.

Latin

XXVI. Robertus quoque Baronius expresse probat sententiam Fonsecae ponentis in Deo scientiam quandam conditionatam, ante liberum ipsius decretum, quae futurorum absolutam praescientiam antecedat. Deum, verbi causa, prius conditionate tantum scivisse quid eventurum esset, si Eva seducta a Serpente Adamum tentaret; postquam autem decrevit permittere ut Adamus obtemperaret uxori suae suadenti, non amplius conditionate, sed absolute praevidisse Adamum lapsurum.

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