On the Harmony of Foreknowledge, Predestination, and the Grace of God with Free Choice
E835272
On the Harmony of Foreknowledge, Predestination, and the Grace of God with Free Choice is a theological treatise by Luis de Molina that articulates his influential theory of “middle knowledge” to reconcile divine providence with human free will.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10024098 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Harmony of Foreknowledge, Predestination, and the Grace of God with Free Choice Context triple: [De Concordia, alternativeTitle, On the Harmony of Foreknowledge, Predestination, and the Grace of God with Free Choice]
-
A.
Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom
Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom is a philosophical and theological work that examines how God’s omniscient knowledge of future events can be reconciled with genuine human free will, engaging especially with Molinism and related views.
-
B.
De praedestinationis doctrina
De praedestinationis doctrina is a theological treatise by Reformed scholar Theodore Beza that systematically expounds and defends the doctrine of predestination within Calvinist theology.
-
C.
The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents
The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents is a philosophical and theological work examining how God's foreknowledge can be reconciled with human free will and the existence of genuinely open future events.
-
D.
The Doctrine of Predestination
The Doctrine of Predestination is a theological work by philosopher and Christian apologist William Lane Craig that examines and critiques various views on divine predestination, human freedom, and God’s sovereignty.
-
E.
On the Freedom of the Will
On the Freedom of the Will is a philosophical treatise by Arthur Schopenhauer that critically examines the nature of human freedom, moral responsibility, and determinism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Harmony of Foreknowledge, Predestination, and the Grace of God with Free Choice Target entity description: On the Harmony of Foreknowledge, Predestination, and the Grace of God with Free Choice is a theological treatise by Luis de Molina that articulates his influential theory of “middle knowledge” to reconcile divine providence with human free will.
-
A.
Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom
Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom is a philosophical and theological work that examines how God’s omniscient knowledge of future events can be reconciled with genuine human free will, engaging especially with Molinism and related views.
-
B.
De praedestinationis doctrina
De praedestinationis doctrina is a theological treatise by Reformed scholar Theodore Beza that systematically expounds and defends the doctrine of predestination within Calvinist theology.
-
C.
The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents
The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents is a philosophical and theological work examining how God's foreknowledge can be reconciled with human free will and the existence of genuinely open future events.
-
D.
The Doctrine of Predestination
The Doctrine of Predestination is a theological work by philosopher and Christian apologist William Lane Craig that examines and critiques various views on divine predestination, human freedom, and God’s sovereignty.
-
E.
On the Freedom of the Will
On the Freedom of the Will is a philosophical treatise by Arthur Schopenhauer that critically examines the nature of human freedom, moral responsibility, and determinism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
scholastic work
ⓘ
theological treatise ⓘ |
| addressesDoctrine |
efficacious grace
ⓘ
liberty of indifference ⓘ predestination and reprobation ⓘ |
| aimsToReconcile | divine providence and human free will ⓘ |
| author | Luis de Molina ⓘ |
| authorOccupation | Jesuit theologian ⓘ |
| authorReligiousOrder | Society of Jesus ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| genre | scholastic disputation ⓘ |
| historicalImportance | foundational text for Molinist theology ⓘ |
| influenced | Molinism ⓘ |
| influencedDebate | De auxiliis controversy ⓘ |
| influencedField |
contemporary analytic philosophy of religion
ⓘ
early modern Catholic theology ⓘ |
| influencedThinker | contemporary Molinist philosophers ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Catholic theologians and scholars ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
counterfactuals of creaturely freedom
ⓘ
scientia media ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
divine foreknowledge
ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ free will ⓘ grace of God ⓘ middle knowledge ⓘ predestination ⓘ |
| method | systematic theological argumentation ⓘ |
| opposesView |
strict theological determinism
ⓘ
views that deny genuine human freedom ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Concordia liberi arbitrii cum gratiae donis, divina praescientia, praedestinatione et reprobatione ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
metaphysics
ⓘ
philosophical theology ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| positionOnFreeWill | affirms libertarian free will ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | compatibilism between grace and free will ⓘ |
| relatedDebate |
Jesuit–Dominican controversy on grace
ⓘ
linked to:
De auxiliis controversy
|
| religiousAffiliationOfAuthor |
Roman Catholic
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| religiousContext |
Counter-Reformation Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Counter-Reformation
|
| scholasticContext | Second Scholasticism ⓘ |
| theologicalSchool | Molinism ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition | Catholic theology ⓘ |
| viewOfForeknowledge | God knows counterfactuals of free choices ⓘ |
| viewOfGrace | grace is compatible with genuine human freedom ⓘ |
| viewOfProvidence | God orders the world using middle knowledge ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: On the Harmony of Foreknowledge, Predestination, and the Grace of God with Free Choice Description of subject: On the Harmony of Foreknowledge, Predestination, and the Grace of God with Free Choice is a theological treatise by Luis de Molina that articulates his influential theory of “middle knowledge” to reconcile divine providence with human free will.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
De Concordia
→
alternativeTitle
→
On the Harmony of Foreknowledge, Predestination, and the Grace of God with Free Choice
ⓘ
On the Harmony of Foreknowledge, Predestination, and the Grace of God with Free Choice
→
originalTitle
→
Concordia liberi arbitrii cum gratiae donis, divina praescientia, praedestinatione et reprobatione
ⓘ
linked to: On the Harmony of Foreknowledge, Predestination, and the Grace of God with Free Choice