Idea

Grace & Free Will

Can humans choose good on their own, or does everything depend on God's grace? Augustine said grace. Abelard said reason. The argument defined the Middle Ages.

Thinkers Who Shaped This Idea

Medieval Europe· 354–1349 CE

Augustine

354 CE – 430 CE

Bonaventure

c. 1221 CE – 1274 CE

Thomas Aquinas

1225 CE – 1274 CE

Meister Eckhart

c. 1260 CE – c. 1328 CE

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