‘Grace, Predestination, and the Permission of Sin,’ with Dr. Taylor Patrick O’Neill

What hath St. Thomas to do with predestination? Dr. Taylor Patrick O’Neill joins Matt and Derek to discuss his recent book, Grace, Predestination, and the Permission of Sin: A Thomistic Analysis, to examine the Thomist understanding of predestination and how it compares to other protestant forms.

Note: this episode was recorded before the coronavirus spiraled in the US, hence Matt and Derek’s introductory comments; however, as the conversation turns to the doctrine of concursus and how God’s actions in history relate with human actions and natural events, it is no less pertinent.

Resources mentioned:

Grace, Predestination, and the Permission of Sin: A Thomistic Analysis

The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas by Étienne Gilson