Tag Archives: Aquinas

Universal Divine Goodness: Contemporary Roman Catholic Theology And ‘Universalism’ (Part 2)

Posted on 28 January 2024 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Barry A. David, Ph.D. Universal versus Limited Divine Goodness in Eschatology Viewed in one way, Roman Catholic thought concerning eschatology’s final cause was not always torn between outcomes of minority and universal beatitude. As St. Paul’s account of ‘Biblical … Continue reading →

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Predestination, Grace, and the Fear of Determinism

Posted on 9 November 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Absolute predestination! This is the topic I have been leading up to from the beginning of this series. It has just taken me longer to reach it than I anticipated. But here we are—finally. I deem predestination to be the … Continue reading →

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The Extrinsic Model of Universal Divine Causality: Divine Providence and Grace

Posted on 6 November 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

I hope you are now persuaded that the dual sources account of universal divine causality, when articulated within the extrinsic model, represents a plausible construal of the relationship between divine and human agency. And as we have seen, it appears … Continue reading →

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St Thomas Aquinas: Divine Providence, Free Will, and Determinism

Posted on 1 November 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

How likely is it that philosophers who espouse libertarian free will will find the Thomist construal of double agency convincing, despite the brilliance of my previous articles?1 Probably as likely as hitting four of a kind on the river. In … Continue reading →

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Divine Universal Causality, Determinism, and the Mystery of Double Agency

Posted on 30 October 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

In this article and the next three, I want to explore the question “Is St Thomas Aquinas’s doc­trine of absolute predestination a form of causal determinism?” I considered including this four-parter in my series on Roberto De La Noval’s “Pelagius … Continue reading →

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Kronen & Reitan: The Argument from Efficacious Grace

Posted on 16 April 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

In their book God’s Final Victory, philosophers John Kronen and Eric Reitan present an argument for universal salvation based on the efficacious grace of God. They lay it out in five steps: It is always possible for God to extend to … Continue reading →

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The Infernal Quarantine of Love

Posted on 29 January 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

I am the way into the city of woe, I am the way into eternal pain, I am the way to go among the lost. Justice caused my high architect to move: Divine omnipotence created me, The highest wisdom, and … Continue reading →

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Universal Salvation: Love Is Its Own Necessity

Posted on 30 November 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

I know that some are wondering why I have spent so much blog time featuring discussion of Fr James Dominic Rooney’s article “The Incoherences of Hard Universalism” and why I have now written yet another piece on it. I wonder … Continue reading →

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