Theological Theses · §2081 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Others grant God foreordained each act, but after foreseeing the will's absolutely future determination (Lessius)

Not far from these are certain others. They do grant that God foreordained from eternity each single act of men, but say that this foreordination follows his foresight of how the will itself would determine itself.

On their view no human works, not even supernaturally good ones, were predefined in particular by an absolute decree of God before he foresaw our will's determination as future, not only conditionally but also absolutely. This is the teaching of the Jesuit Leonard Lessius in his treatise on predestination.

Latin

XXI. Ab his autem non multum absunt quidam alii, qui concedunt quidem Deum singulos hominum actus ab aeterno praefiniisse; sed praefinitionem illam sequi praevisionem futurae determinationis ipsius voluntatis. Nec enim ulla hominum opera, etiam quae sunt bona supernaturaliter, in particulari esse praedefinita absoluto decreto Dei, ante praevisam voluntatis nostrae determinationem, non tantum conditionate, sed etiam absolute futuram. Quae est Doctrina Leonardi Lessii Jesuitae in tractatu de Praedestinatione.

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