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What's the Difference between Thomism and Molinism


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i know that there are two competing schools of thought when it comes to the Catholic understanding of grace, free will, and predestination: Thomism vs. Molinism. what is the basic distinction between the two? what are the fundamental beliefs of each one?

thanks :D
nick

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According to Thomism, God chooses certain individuals to come to Him and gives these a special form of intrinsically efficacious grace which automatically brings those people to choose Christ.

Molinism, which normally claims that some do freely choose against God, even when He has given them the fullness of His redemptive grace.

[url="http://www.cin.org/users/james/files/grace_al.htm"]http://www.cin.org/users/james/files/grace_al.htm[/url]

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I typed this out a while back.


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