John Plaifere (d.1632) on conditional predestination: a well-mixed version of scientia media and resistible grace
This article argues that John Plaifere's doctrine of predestination appearing in Appello Evangelium (1651) can be labelled as ‘conditional predestination’, since it embodies two Arminian features: scientia media and resistible grace. His conditional predestination needs to be considered as reco...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electronic/Print Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Taylor & Francis
[2016]
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Reformation & Renaissance review
Año: 2016, Volumen: 18, Número: 2, Páginas: 155-173 |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | KAH Edad Moderna KBF Islas Británicas KDE Iglesia anglicana NBL Predestinación |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Scientia media
B resistible grace B John Plaifere B conditional predestination B English Arminianism B Appello Evangelium |
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| Sumario: | This article argues that John Plaifere's doctrine of predestination appearing in Appello Evangelium (1651) can be labelled as ‘conditional predestination’, since it embodies two Arminian features: scientia media and resistible grace. His conditional predestination needs to be considered as recognizing at least five different variations of predestination in his time. It is distinctive in English Arminianism, but not because Plaifere introduces scientia media and resistible grace or because he is unique in adopting these notions (as is not the case). Rather, Plaifere's doctrine of predestination is distinctive because it is a hybrid version embracing core tenets of Molina, Arminius, Arminianism, and the Remonstrants. Although not every English Arminian or Dutch Remonstrant had much concern for scientia media, Plaifere's conditional predestination advances resistible grace, which is substantially based on the notion of scientia media as its metaphysical foundation. In analyzing Plaifere's Appello Evangelium, one can gain a sense of the specific technical-theological components with which English Arminianism was constructed. |
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| ISSN: | 1462-2459 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Reformation & Renaissance review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14622459.2016.1191829 |