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Human Freedom and Divine Grace | Prof Sarah Byers

May 29, 20191 hr 26 min
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This lecture was given on March 28th, 2019 at the University of Toronto.

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Human beings naturally have the power of free choice, but mental habits can cause us to choose in determined ways. So how can we break out of deep bad habits to form new and better ones? “Divine grace” is the answer given by Augustine and the authors of the Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation. Which of these authors has the most persuasive theory about the relation of grace to human free will?


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