- Some of God's commandments are impossible to just
men who wish and strive (to keep them) considermg the
powers they actually have, the grace by which these
precepts may become possible is also wanting; - In the
state of fallen nature no one ever resists interior grace; - To merit, or demerit, in the state of fallen nature we
must be free from all external constraint, but not from
interior necessity, - The Semipelagians admitted the
necessity of interior preventing grace for all acts, even
for the beginning of faith; but they fell into heresy in
pretending that this grace is such that man may either
follow or resist it; - To say that Christ died or shed His
blood for all men, is Semipelagianism.
An Amateur Classicist's Review of Political Philosophy, Theology, and Literature, with Occasional Reflections on the Age That Is Passing
Tuesday, June 04, 2002
For the record, here are condemned Jansenian positions:
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