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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Label Occurrences
Molinism canonical 9
Molinist–Thomist controversy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf philosophical theory ⓘ
theological doctrine ⓘ
addressesQuestion how God can foreknow free actions ⓘ
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 ⓘ
that God uses middle knowledge to providentially order the world ⓘ
associatedWith Luis de Molina ⓘ
compatibleWith libertarian accounts of free will ⓘ
contrastsWith Calvinism ⓘ
Open Theism ⓘ
classical Thomism ⓘ
simple foreknowledge views ⓘ
critiquedBy some Reformed theologians ⓘ
some Thomist theologians ⓘ
debatedIn Congregatio de Auxiliis ⓘ
Counter-Reformation era ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Reformation
developedInCentury 16th century ⓘ
hasKeyConcept divine foreknowledge ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ
libertarian free will ⓘ
middle knowledge ⓘ
hasProponent Alfred Freddoso ⓘ
Alvin Plantinga ⓘ
Thomas Flint ⓘ
William Lane Craig ⓘ
holds that God knows counterfactuals of creaturely freedom ⓘ
that God’s providence is meticulous yet compatible with freedom ⓘ
that human free choices are genuinely contingent ⓘ
influencedBy Scholasticism ⓘ
influences contemporary analytic philosophy of religion ⓘ
contemporary evangelical theology ⓘ
maintains that God’s knowledge of counterfactuals is pre-volitional ⓘ
that divine foreknowledge is logically prior to the divine decree only via middle knowledge ⓘ
namedAfter Luis de Molina ⓘ
originatedIn Roman Catholic theology ⓘ
proposes that God possesses middle knowledge ⓘ
relatedConcept counterfactuals of freedom ⓘ
grace and free will controversy ⓘ
possible worlds ⓘ
predestination ⓘ
usedFor accounts of petitionary prayer ⓘ
accounts of prophecy ⓘ
accounts of salvation and predestination ⓘ
theodicy ⓘ

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