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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.
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]
Total depravity (also called radical corruption [1] or pervasive depravity) is a Protestant theological doctrine derived from the concept of original sin.It teaches that, as a consequence of the Fall, every person born into the world is enslaved to the service of sin as a result of their fallen nature and, apart from the efficacious (irresistible) or prevenient (enabling) grace of God, is ...
The doctrine of conditional election is most often associated with the Arminian churches. The Arminians have defended their belief against the doctrine of other Calvinist churches since the early 17th century when they submitted the following statement of doctrine to the Reformed Churches of the Low Countries: [1]
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 ...
Semi-Pelagian thought teaches that the latter half – growing in faith – is the work of God, while the beginning of faith is an act of free will, with grace supervening only later. [ 1 ] The term "semi-Pelagianism", a 16th-century coinage, is considered a misnomer by many modern scholars."Semi-Pelagianism" has frequently been used in a ...
Prevenient grace allows those tainted by sin to nevertheless make a truly free choice to accept or reject God's salvation in Christ. [ 33 ] Justifying Grace , or Accepting Grace, [ 33 ] is the grace offered by God to all people, that we receive by faith and trust in Christ, through which God pardons the believer of sin .