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According to the teaching of the Nesuit L. Molina, grace is present as a simple possibility, which can either be used at one's own will or not. According to Augustine, grace is active, that is, it imperiously seizes the essence of those who are predestined for salvation and induces these people to good deeds.

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An allusion to the opinion spread by the Jesuits that the Jansenists are hidden heretics and only outwardly recognize Catholic orthodoxy.

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In France, the Dominicans were called Jacobins, because they were given the Church of St. James in Paris, next to which they built their monastery.

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Wed. with a thought from the treatise On the Geometrical Mind (Opusc., p. 166).

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I distinguish (lapg.).

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Wed. Ip. 29:13-14 — "And the Lord said, Because this people draweth nigh unto me with their lips, and honoureth me with their tongue, but their heart is far from me, and their reverence for me is the study of the commandments of men, behold, <... > the wisdom of his wise men will perish, and his understanding will be no more."

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Formed by Cardinal Richelieu in 1634, it was an institution that was designed to develop a dictionary of the French language and monitor the observance of language norms. The members of the Academy, seeing in Richelieu the patron of sciences and their benefactor, treated him with great respect.

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The Dominican Order, or Brother Preachers, which arose in the era of the suppression of the Albigensian heresy, was for a long time the main force of the papacy. The Dominicans created a wide network of educational institutions, they were in charge of censorship and (starting with the pontificate of Gregory IX) the Inquisition. Suffice it to say that both Thomas Aquinas and Torquemada were members of the Order.

After the publication of L. Molina's book The Reconciliation Between Free Will and the Gift of Grace (1588), fierce disputes began between the supporters of the Spanish Jesuit and the followers of Thomas Aquinas, mainly representing the Dominican Order. Passions and mutual accusations reached such a force that Pope Clement VIII ordered the discussion to be stopped, and obliged the most authoritative theologians from both camps to set forth their views in writing. To finally resolve the issue, a special congregation of cardinals (Congregatio de auxilhs) was formed, which lasted 9 years - from 2.01.1598 to 28.08.1607. After 77 sessions, it was decided to censor Molina's book for 20 non-Catholic theses contained in it. Two cardinals refused to put their signatures on this conclusion. The final decision was to be made by the pope, but since he wanted to personally understand the essence of the issue, from 20.03.1602 the discussions resumed and began to take place in his presence. They were so fierce that many of their participants literally lost their strength and had to give up their place in the hall to other representatives of their party. Without having time to make a decision, Pope Clement VIII died. During the pontificate of Paul V, 85 more meetings were held, which also did not lead to any result. Then the congregation was dissolved, and the paw allowed each of the parties to freely defend its views henceforth, ordering them to refrain from insulting each other. On the whole, the Jesuits benefited from all these events, as they were able to freely preach Molinism.

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Hourglass.