RT Article
T1 Molinist Thomist Calvinism: A Synthesis
JF Heythrop journal
VO 65
IS 1
SP 3
OP 18
A1 Luke, Sean
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2024
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1879611929
AB Abstract: In recent years, attempts to reconcile God's exhaustive providential control over the future and human freedom frequently appeal to Molinism. Through the theory of Middle Knowledge, it is claimed, God can exercise meticulous providence over free creatures while preserving the libertarian agency of those creatures. Historically, both Thomist and Reformed theologians have critiqued the theory of Middle Knowledge for effectively eliminating God's aseity, making God's knowledge in some sense dependent on some non-God reality. In this paper, I aim to push the discussion forward by integrating Thomist, Molinist, and Reformed perspectives in the view I call Molinist Thomist Calvinism. By resourcing each of these views, I try to offer a coherent way to affirm God's meticulous providence, including God's unconditional election of some and not others, and morally significant human freedom.
K1 Thomism
K1 Moral Responsibility
K1 Molinism
K1 Libertarian Freedom
K1 Calvinism
DO 10.1111/heyj.14273