God's Permission of Sin: Negative or Conditioned Decree?
A Defense of the doctrine of Francisco Marin-Sola, O.P., based on the Principles of Thomas Aquinas
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Beschreibung
What Torre thoroughly documents here for the first time is nothing less than a "gigantomachia" between two of the most capable Dominican Thomists of the last century. Beneath the scholastic technicality of that family squabble, the debate revolves around the perennial problem of where evil comes from. Behind this recent chapter of Unde malum discourse, one can still catch sight of Jacob wrestling with God at Peniel and, though limping, emerging anew as Israel.
Richard Schenk OP
Francisco Marín-Sola, O.P. (1973-1932) first became famous for articles in the Ciencia Tomista on the evolution of Catholic doctrine. These culminated in a book, La evolucíon homogénea del dogma católica (1923). A definitive French edition appeared in the year following; it was translated into English in 1988. The work was hailed in its day as a masterpiece and it remains obligatory reading for anyone interested in the subject. He completed this work while at the University of Fribourg, where he inherited the Chair of the well-known Norberto del Prado, O.P., and filled it with distinction, from 1919-1927. Fast upon the success of his book, he began another series of articles in the Ciencia Tomista (1925-1926) on the Thomistic doctrine regarding the relation between the divine motion and man’s free will. These led him into a dispute with Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. At the heart of their dispute was the proper way to understand God’s permission of sin, an idea connected to many other ideas: of God’s grace, providence, will, and knowledge. Their debate is examined here and Marin-Sola’s central position is defended: as grounded in explicit texts and doctrines of Thomas Aquinas and as developing his principles consistently in the light of the Church’s subsequent teaching.
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Michael D Torre