TY - BOOK AU - Bac,J.Martin TI - Perfect will theology: divine agency in reformed scholasticism as against Suárez, Episcopius, Descartes, and Spinoza T2 - Brill's series in church history SN - 9789004193444 AV - BT135 .B33 2010eb U1 - 231/.5 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Providence and government of God KW - Christianity KW - God (Christianity) KW - Will KW - Scholasticism KW - Reformed Church KW - Doctrines KW - History KW - Providence divine KW - Christianisme KW - Dieu (Christianisme) KW - Volonté KW - Scolastique KW - Église réformée KW - Histoire KW - scholasticism KW - aat KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Theology KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-553) and index; Machine generated contents note; ch. One; Introduction --; 1.1; Introduction --; 1.2; Interpretations of Reformed Scholasticism --; 1.3; Reformed Scholasticism as Perfect Will Theology --; 1.4; Reformed Model of Divine Agency --; 1.5; Modality of the Reformed Model: a Contingency Model --; 1.6; Medieval Background of the Reformed Model: Duns Scotus --; 1.7; Plan --; pt. I; TRADITION-HISTORICAL INQUIRY --; ch. Two; Perfect will Theology: a Basic Outline --; 2.1; Introduction --; 2.2; Theology --; 2.3; Natural Theology --; 2.3.1; Divine Existence --; 2.3.2; Divine Nature --; 2.3.3; Divine Life --; 2.3.4; Divine Providence --; 2.4; Revealed Theology --; 2.5; Conclusion --; ch. Three; Jesuit Counter-Reformation: Conditionalizing Divine Knowledge --; 3.1; Francisco Suarez (1548-1617) --; 3.2; Unconditional Future Contingents --; 3.2.1; Determinate Truth-Value --; 3.2.2; Mode of Knowledge -- ^; 3.2.3; Foreknowledge and Contingency --; 3.3; Conditional Future Contingents --; 3.3.1; Determinate Truth-Value --; 3.3.2; Mode of Knowledge --; 3.3.3; Conditional Knowledge and Divine Will --; 3.4; Conclusion --; 3.5; William Twisse (1578-1646) --; 3.6; Preliminaries: The Preface of the Exposition --; 3.6.1; Methodological Preliminaries --; 3.6.2; Twisse's Basic Argument --; 3.7; "Defense of Human Freedom" --; 3.8; Unconditional Future Contingents --; 3.8.1; Real Point of Debate --; 3.8.2; Determinate Truth-Value --; 3.8.3; Mode of Knowledge --; 3.9; Conditional Future Contingents --; 3.9.1; Case against Middle Knowledge --; 3.9.2; Divine Knowledge and Will --; 3.10; Conclusion --; ch. Four; Remonstrant Debate: Conditionalizing Divine Will --; 4.1; Simon Episcopius (1583-1643) --; 4.2; Conditional Decision and a Moveable End of Life --; 4.3; Divine Foreknowledge --; 4.4 N2 - Reformed Scholasticism, Episcopius, Suarez, Descartes, Spinoza, divine will, Perfect Being Theology, providence, possible worlds UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=338714 ER -