Luis de Molina

middle knowledge // human freedom // Luis de Molina // #Molinism // “Dumbest Jesuit in history” // not actually LdM (duh)

[Luis de Molina @LuisdeMolina]

I’d like to thank my #Calvinist friends who aren’t this juvenile. The cagers drown you out but I hear y’all. https://t.co/34lyFBarYI

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@LuisdeMolina What is it like to be the dumbest Jesuit in history?

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I'm back.

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@HacimMb And if you think that’s crazy, you’re going to flip when you find out Molina’s view of predestination.

https://t.co/3z5ZdtTA85

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@HacimMb See, the funny thing is that Molina exegetes those passages almost exactly the same as Calvinists because, y’know, we agree on God’s total sovereignty over human affairs. I’ve linked the relevant chapter below.

https://t.co/U4buqXdv31

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Of course, the inverse is true for open theists looking for biblical objections 😛

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Calvinists
> finding serious arguments against Molinism in the peer-reviewed literature

> when they realise all the good objections are from open theists

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@bkben3 Ok, Captain Buzzkill

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@jamesgray___ I’d recommend starting with the Concordia. Below is Disputation 49, probably the most relevant.

https://t.co/juipIeRhC1

[Luis de Molina @LuisdeMolina]

Disputation 49 of the Concordia is one of the best sections defining & defending middle knowledge. When properly understood, it’s clear why the “who is the card dealer?” zinger from pop-Calvinists isn’t a serious objection.
#calvinism #molinism

https://t.co/WfOPzohS66

[Luis de Molina @LuisdeMolina]

“Through His natural knowledge, God comprehends Himself and in Himself, He comprehends *all the things that exist eminently in Him* and thus the free choice of any creature whom He is able to make though His omnipotence”

- Luis de Molina (Concordia, Disputation 49)

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@DCarlosClark127 How much of Molina’s original work or exegesis have you read? I would recommend staring here
https://t.co/juipIeRhC1

[Luis de Molina @LuisdeMolina]

Disputation 49 of the Concordia is one of the best sections defining & defending middle knowledge. When properly understood, it’s clear why the “who is the card dealer?” zinger from pop-Calvinists isn’t a serious objection.
#calvinism #molinism

https://t.co/WfOPzohS66

[Luis de Molina @LuisdeMolina]

@DCarlosClark127 but u said “It is not something outside of Himself that He possesses”

and that’s not Molinism, friend

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I am the ghost of Christmas future perfect subjunctive: I will show you what would have happened were you not to have changed your ways.

[Luis de Molina @LuisdeMolina]

@Caio4llmeida @proginosko There aren’t any! Haha, but really, “Molinism: The Contemporary Debate” has a good collection of pro and anti-Molinist papers. Robert M. Adams is also a good anti-Molinist author.

https://t.co/IoTp7Vw0m0

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@andrewh_mc11 I recently found how to access all of Disputation 49 through Google Books. Mandatory reading before any debate.
https://t.co/juipIeRhC1

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Disputation 49 of the Concordia is one of the best sections defining & defending middle knowledge. When properly understood, it’s clear why the “who is the card dealer?” zinger from pop-Calvinists isn’t a serious objection.
#calvinism #molinism

https://t.co/WfOPzohS66

[Luis de Molina @LuisdeMolina]

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Resistance is Futile–or Is It? A Basic Defense of Monergistic Molinism https://t.co/IeMuyzVTB5 #Apologetics #Theology #Molinism

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Oo, Leibnizianism & Molinism

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Garcia, Juan; Leibniz on Contingency and Freedom: A Molinism... #Leibniz,Contingency,Freedom,IndividualConcepts,TheWill,Molinism https://t.co/enwyNNgw6i

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browsing the #Molinism tag uncovers gems like this