Molinism
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Molinism is a theological and philosophical view, rooted in Luis de Molina’s work, that seeks to reconcile divine foreknowledge and providence with genuine human free will through the concept of God’s “middle knowledge.”
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| Molinism canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Molinism Context triple: [William Lane Craig, philosophicalPosition, Molinism]
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Hopkinsianism
Hopkinsianism is a Calvinist theological movement within New England theology, associated with Samuel Hopkins and known for its emphasis on disinterested benevolence and strict moral rigor.
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Thomism
Thomism is the philosophical and theological school based on the thought of Thomas Aquinas, characterized by its synthesis of Aristotelian philosophy with Christian doctrine.
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Campbellism
Campbellism is a 19th-century Christian reform movement associated with Alexander Campbell that emphasized restoring New Testament Christianity, congregational autonomy, and baptism by immersion.
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Reformed scholasticism
Reformed scholasticism is a post-Reformation theological method within the Reformed tradition that systematically applied rigorous scholastic philosophy and logic to articulate and defend Calvinist doctrine.
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Jansenism
Jansenism was a 17th-century Catholic reform movement emphasizing original sin, human depravity, the necessity of divine grace, and a rigorist moral theology, strongly associated with French intellectual and religious circles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Molinism Target entity description: Molinism is a theological and philosophical view, rooted in Luis de Molina’s work, that seeks to reconcile divine foreknowledge and providence with genuine human free will through the concept of God’s “middle knowledge.”
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A.
Hopkinsianism
Hopkinsianism is a Calvinist theological movement within New England theology, associated with Samuel Hopkins and known for its emphasis on disinterested benevolence and strict moral rigor.
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B.
Thomism
Thomism is the philosophical and theological school based on the thought of Thomas Aquinas, characterized by its synthesis of Aristotelian philosophy with Christian doctrine.
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C.
Campbellism
Campbellism is a 19th-century Christian reform movement associated with Alexander Campbell that emphasized restoring New Testament Christianity, congregational autonomy, and baptism by immersion.
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D.
Reformed scholasticism
Reformed scholasticism is a post-Reformation theological method within the Reformed tradition that systematically applied rigorous scholastic philosophy and logic to articulate and defend Calvinist doctrine.
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E.
Jansenism
Jansenism was a 17th-century Catholic reform movement emphasizing original sin, human depravity, the necessity of divine grace, and a rigorist moral theology, strongly associated with French intellectual and religious circles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical theory
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theological doctrine ⓘ |
| addressesQuestion |
how God can foreknow free actions
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how God can providentially govern a world with free creatures ⓘ |
| aimsToReconcile |
divine foreknowledge and human free will
ⓘ
divine providence and human free will ⓘ |
| asserts |
that God knows what any free creature would do in any possible circumstance
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that God uses middle knowledge to providentially order the world ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Luis de Molina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | libertarian accounts of free will ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Calvinism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Open Theism NERFINISHED ⓘ classical Thomism ⓘ simple foreknowledge views ⓘ |
| critiquedBy |
some Reformed theologians
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some Thomist theologians ⓘ |
| debatedIn |
Congregatio de Auxiliis
NERFINISHED
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Counter-Reformation era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedInCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
divine foreknowledge
ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ libertarian free will ⓘ middle knowledge ⓘ |
| hasProponent |
Alfred Freddoso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alvin Plantinga NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Flint NERFINISHED ⓘ William Lane Craig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holds |
that God knows counterfactuals of creaturely freedom
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that God’s providence is meticulous yet compatible with freedom ⓘ that human free choices are genuinely contingent ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Scholasticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influences |
contemporary analytic philosophy of religion
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contemporary evangelical theology ⓘ |
| maintains |
that God’s knowledge of counterfactuals is pre-volitional
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that divine foreknowledge is logically prior to the divine decree only via middle knowledge ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Luis de Molina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Roman Catholic theology ⓘ |
| proposes | that God possesses middle knowledge ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
counterfactuals of freedom
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grace and free will controversy ⓘ possible worlds ⓘ predestination ⓘ |
| usedFor |
accounts of petitionary prayer
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accounts of prophecy ⓘ accounts of salvation and predestination ⓘ theodicy ⓘ |
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