![]() ![]() What He knows at this stage includes “all possible worlds,” as philosophers like to express this-everything that could be, in other words. Molina did this by defining God’s knowledge as occurring at three logically different (not temporally different) “moments.”įirst is necessary (or natural) knowledge, which includes everything God knows simply because He is an omniscient God. Molinism was conceived by a sixteenth-century Jesuit, Luis de Molina, with the express purpose of maintaining human freedom in a world providentially governed by a God who accomplishes His purposes in all events. We Arminians believe in both of those things. Perhaps the reason is, Molinists say their purpose is to uphold libertarian freedom in a universe governed by a sovereign God, sure to achieve His purposes. ![]() I hear that some Arminians incline toward a Molinist view of God’s sovereignty and human freedom. (This is the first of two guest-authored posts) ![]()
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