Theological Theses · §2383 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Molinists: assisting grace only a partial cause

Thesis LXIV. Further, those who follow the method and teaching of the Jesuit Molina hold that assisting or cooperating grace is not, strictly, the total cause of the supernatural act, but only a partial cause.

Their reason is that, in their view, assisting grace produces the supernatural act only in dependence on free choice.

Latin

LXIV. Praeterea qui Molinae Jesuitae Methodum & doctrinam sequuntur, docent gratiam adjuvantem, sive cooperantem non se habere proprie ut causam totalem, respectu actus supernaturalis, sed ut causam partialem duntaxat. Et hoc quia gratia adjuvans, ex eorum sententia, non producit actum supernaturalem, nisi dependenter a Libero arbitrio.

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