Theological Theses · §2487 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Alvarez: the will is passive to the premotion, active in its act

Thesis XLIX. From this he infers that this aid of God, which precedes the created will's action, is produced in the will effectively by God alone and in no way depends efficiently on any influence of the will itself. So with respect to that prior aid of God the will is passive, although the same will is active and free with respect to the free act to which that prior aid moves it. The disputation just cited, section 6.

Latin

XLIX. Inde vero colligit istud Dei auxilium, voluntatis creatae actioni praevium, produci in illa effective a solo Deo, & nullo modo dependere efficienter ab influxu voluntatis ipsius: adeoque voluntatem in ordine ad illud praevium auxilium Dei se habere passive: quamvis eadem voluntas se habeat active & libere, in ordine ad actum liberum, ad quem praevio illo auxilio movetur. Disputationis modo citatae numero sexto.

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