Molinism

[moh-luh-niz-uhm, mol-uh-]

noun

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

Molinism

/ 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

Other Word Forms

• Molinist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Molinism¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Molinism¹

C17: named after Luis de Molina (1535–1600), Spanish Jesuit who taught such a doctrine

Example Sentences

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

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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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Second, Molinism safeguards free-will by denying that efficacious grace either physically or morally predetermines the will to one course of action.

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Third, Molinism explains in a fairly satisfactory manner why efficacious grace is infallibly efficacious.

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