Luis de Molina Quotes
Luis de Molina was a Spanish Jesuit philosopher and theologian of the School of Salamanca and one of the most influential figures of late scholasticism. After many years of teaching at Coimbra and Evora and a final professorship at Madrid, he produced the Concordia Liberi Arbitrii cum Gratiae Donis, the Concord of Free Will with the Gifts of Grace, in which he developed the celebrated doctrine of middle knowledge: God knows from eternity what every possible creature would freely do in every possible circumstance. The quotes below are attributed to Luis de Molina, organized by topic.
Luis de Molina on God
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Attributed to Luis de Molina:
“God's middle knowledge embraces all that creatures would freely do under every possible circumstance.”
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“Free will and grace are not opposed; grace presupposes the free creature.”
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“The future contingent is known to God without compromising its contingency.”
Luis de Molina on Justice
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“Justice is the order in which each receives what is properly their own.”
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“The just price of a good is what willing buyers and sellers freely agree upon.”