RamistThomist
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On the Hegelian thread it was asked
But we didn't want to derail the thread so I decided to take it up here. What is the relation of faith to the will? Obviously, unregenerate man doesn't magically will to faith. On the other hand, though, I read something from Dabney the other day that was quite interesting.
Discussions vol. III.
So in a sense, post-conversion man (regenerate man) will will (sorry for the redundancy) to faith because his will has been renewed. It's still monergistic. Similar to the Catechism's language, "Renewing our wills."
Isn't faith an act of the will?
But we didn't want to derail the thread so I decided to take it up here. What is the relation of faith to the will? Obviously, unregenerate man doesn't magically will to faith. On the other hand, though, I read something from Dabney the other day that was quite interesting.
In regeneration God efficiently produces the holy disposition which regulates (acts as proximate cause) man’s volitions (227).
Discussions vol. III.
So in a sense, post-conversion man (regenerate man) will will (sorry for the redundancy) to faith because his will has been renewed. It's still monergistic. Similar to the Catechism's language, "Renewing our wills."