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Prevenient grace (or preceding grace or enabling grace) is a Christian theological concept that refers to the grace of God in a person's life which precedes and prepares to conversion. The concept was first developed by Augustine of Hippo (354–430), was affirmed by the Second Council of Orange (529) and has become part of Catholic theology.
Lewis Sperry Chafer (1871 – 1952) influenced modern free grace theologians. [14] [15] [16]The doctrines of Sandemanianism concerning salvation, which were popularized by the non-comformist Robert Sandeman (1718 – 1771) and the Baptist preacher Archibald McLean (1733–1812) have often been compared to some segments of the modern Free Grace movement.
The atonement makes a way for all to respond to the Gospel call—Part of the effect of the atonement is the restoration of the ability to respond to God's call of salvation (see Prevenient grace). Salvation is available for all —The doctrine of unlimited atonement rejects the predeterminism associated with Calvinism and states that every ...
Augustine argued that prevenient grace is necessary to prepare the human will for conversion. [28] He maintained that God predetermined parents to seek baptism for their newborns, linking water baptism to regeneration. [29] Furthermore, he viewed the divine grace that brings about conversion as unfailing. [30] [31] [32]
Augustine presents Lydia of Thyatira as an example of monergistic salvation. [10]Augustine of Hippo (354–430) first articulated the view of divine monergism. [11] [12] This stance, responding to Pelagianism, argued that prevenient grace is necessary to prepare the human will for conversion. [13]
Socinianism was an early form of Unitarianism, and the Unitarian Church today maintains a moral influence view of the atonement, as do many liberal Protestant theologians of the modern age. [ 10 ] During the 18th century, versions of the moral influence view found overwhelming support among German theologians, most notably the Enlightenment ...
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