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Which Ethics Will Make us Individually and Socially Happier? A Cross-Culture and Cross-Development Analytical Model
Predestination in Renaissance Philosophy
This entry deals with the concept of predestination, as it was developed in Christian
debates in the time of the Renaissance. First, a brief philological introduction will be given,
to show the origin of this debate. Second, Augustineâs view of predestination will be
examined. Thereafter, the focus will be devoted to the centuries XIVâXVII, first analyzing
John Wycliffe and Jan Hus, then Luther and Calvin, Jacob Arminius, the inner-Catholic
debate of the so-called âde auxiliis controversy,â and finally turning to competing conceptions
of Godâs grace within three schools of Roman Catholic thought: the anti-Pelagian,
Augustinian-minded school in the Spanish Netherlands â which later lead to Jansenism â
the Thomist-BanĚezian School in Spain, and the Jesuit Molinist school. In the course of
the treatise, the difference between supralapsarianism and infralapsarianism will be
clarified. Moreover, it will be necessary to consider several notions that are tightly linked with
predestination, such as âgrace,â âforeknowledge,â âmerit,â âfree will,â âelection,â and
âvocation.