The Freedom of the WillGood Press, 2 déc. 2023 - 303 pages This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Freedom of the Will is a work by Christian reformer, theologian, and author Jonathan Edwards which uses the text of Romans 9:16 as its basis. It was first published in 1754 and examines the nature and the status of humanity's will. The book takes the classic Calvinist viewpoint on total depravity of the will and the need of humanity for God's grace in salvation. Although written long before the modern introduction and debate over Open Theism, Edwards' work addresses many of the concerns that have been raised today over this view. Edwards responded that a person may freely choose whatever seems good, but that whatever it is that seems good is based on an inherent predisposition that has been foreordained by God. |
Table des matières
Inability | |
Part II | |
Particular Can Come To Pass Without A Cause Of Its Existence | |
The Activity Of The Nature Of The Soul | |
Perfectly Indifferent In The View Of The Mind | |
Indifference | |
Be Connected With Any Thing Antecedent Or Not Yet They Must | |
Necessarily Holy Yet Truly Virtuous PraiseWorthy Rewardable | |
Fallen Man In General Proves Moral Necessity And Inability To | |
Moral Inability To Obey | |
Supposed To Excuse In The NonPerformance Of Things | |
Virtue But Utterly Inconsistent With It And All Either Virtuous | |
Influence Of Motive And Inducement In Either Virtuous Or Vicious | |
Part IV | |
To All Necessity | |
Motives | |
Gods Certain Foreknowledge Of The Future Volitions | |
Notion Of Action And Agency Which Seems To Be Generally | |
Sense To Suppose Those Things Which Are Necessary To | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Freedom of the Will: Which is Supposed to be Essential to Moral Agency ... Jonathan Edwards Affichage du livre entier - 1860 |
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