Molinism

American  

[moh-luh-niz-uhm, mol-uh-] / ˈmoʊ ləˌnɪz əm, ˈmɒl ə- /

noun

1. the theological doctrine, formulated by Luis Molina, that the consent of the human will is necessary for divine grace to be effective.

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Molinism British  

/ ˈmɒlɪnɪzəm /

noun

1. RC Church a doctrine of grace that attempts to reconcile the efficacy of divine grace with human free will in responding to it

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Other Word Forms

• Molinist noun

Etymology

Origin of Molinism

First recorded in 1660–70; Molin(a) + -ism

Example Sentences

This question of Jansenism and Molinism occupied France for about two hundred years.

From Project Gutenberg

There is such frequent reference to Molinos and the doctrines of Molinism or Quietism in The Ring and the Book, and the subject is so unfamiliar to the general reader, that I have thought it wise to extract the following admirable note on the question from Butler’s Lives of the Saints, under the date November xxiv.,

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Gordon, in a few words, gave the history of Jansenism and Molinism; of those persecutions with which one party hampered the other; and of the obstinacy of both.

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The first-mentioned method has given birth to two closely related theological systems, Thomism and Augustinianism; the latter to Molinism and Congruism, which are almost identical in substance.

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Another and more plausible contention of the Thomist school is that Molinism, too, is compelled to ascribe sin somehow to God.

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