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Max Andrews - An Introduction to Molinism: Scripture, Reason, and All that God has Ordered

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Max Andrews - An Introduction to Molinism: Scripture, Reason, and All that God has Ordered

Max Andrews - An Introduction to Molinism: Scripture, Reason, and All that God has Ordered
English | Theology | June 6, 2014 | ASIN: B00KU0VW2K | 81 Pages | epub | 332.55 kb

The task of a Molinist perspective of middle knowledge is to remove the perceived dilemma between human freedom and divine foreknowledge. Middle knowledge is the second logical moment of God’s omniscience. There are three logical moments, the first being natural knowledge. With natural knowledge God knows everything that could logically happen. The third moment is God’s free knowledge; God knows all true propositions of the actual world. Middle knowledge lies logically in between these, which affirms that God knows all true counterfactual propositions, or possess hypothetical knowledge of future contingents. The following is an attempt to provide reasonable grounds for affirming divine middle knowledge.