Theological Theses · §2050 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Le Blanc rejects Twisse's claim that God's decree is the sole cause of every event's futurity: it makes God the author of sin

Above all, I cannot accept in any way what William Twisse asserts in many places: that God's decree and will is the one and only cause of the futurity of every event.

What then? Is God's decree the only reason why Adam was going to disobey God, and likewise why the angels who fell were going to exalt themselves against God in pride? Who could bear to hear anyone say so? Or who could say it without plainly making God the author of sin?

Latin

LV. Praesertim vero illud nullo modo probare possum quod Gul. Tuissus pluribus in locis asserit, decretum Dei & ejus voluntatem esse solam & unicam causam futuritionis cujuslibet eventus. Quid enim, An Dei decretum sola causa est cur Adam inobediens Deo futurus fuit: Et similiter cur Angeli illi qui ceciderunt, fuerunt adversus Deum superbia sese elaturi? Quis hoc dicentem audire sustineat? aut hoc dicere possit quin Deum peccati authorem manifeste faciat?

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