On Predestination and the Doctrine of Sufficient and Efficacious Grace in St. Thomas Aquinas

Abstract:
In this lecture, Taylor Patrick O'Neill gives a brief introduction to St. Thomas Aquinas' doctrine of predestination with a special focus on how it relates to human freedom. Principles of a Thomistic understanding of providence provide a necessary backdrop for understanding election and reprobation while principles of a Thomistic understanding of grace provide a foundation for exploring the differences between election and reprobation, as well as a defense of contingency and authentic human freedom.
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[@tomato1040]

The predestined actions that lead Heaven🌌🎶 are: Singing, Playing, & Dancing in sufficient grace 2 merit grace in grateful gracefulness. Divine Works that lead to salvation are not anal (in sex) or banal (in vanity).

[@iteadthomaminstitute8031]

@48:40, "unless there was a greater *GOOD* that was coming out of it." I'm sure people know what you meant :)

[@zipppy2006]

@46:03 - "St. Thomas maintains that God does have a real desire for the salvation of all. You couldn't state that if at the same time there were creatures that had no ability to be saved."
The non-elect have no ability to be saved. The non-elect have no potency for salvation, either from God or from themselves. It's hard to understand how this obvious fact is never faced up to.

[@tiagoviana5161]

The reprobates can be saved in potency. They are not saved because of a deficiency on their part, not because of an insufficiency of help.