God's Initiating Grace: Usage of 'Gratia Praeveniens' from St. Augustine to Protestantism

In this video I provide an overview of the articulation of the terminology of Gratia Praeveniens (Prevenient Grace) in church history, as God's initiating grace to draw fallen humans to Himself to overcome their inability to have faith in Christ and seek God, starting with Augustine who first crafted the particular terminology. This is meant to he a historical survey rather than a full exposition of the concept generally.

Among those discussed in the video are Augustine, Pelagius, Fulgentius of Ruspe, John Cassian, Gregory the Great, Gottschalk of Orbais, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Martin Chemnitz, Peter Martyr Vermigli, John Calvin, James Arminius, John Wesley, and a few others.

Errata: Faustus of Riez was Semipelagian, not Augustinian. The Second Council of Orange was before Gregory's time. I misremembered the council name that he convened.

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