On Divine Freedom and the Thomists
Notes on Marin-Sola's Treatment
One of the greatest Thomists of the 20th century was a Spanish Dominican named Fr. Francisco Marin-Sola. His genius was particularly ordered towards two topics in which he labored his entire life: the Development of Doctrine and topics related to Predestination. At the end of his latter study, he produced a massive, unpublished work titled Concordia Tomista. In this work, he didn’t seek to simply answer individual questions, but to treat the entire doctrine of Divine Knowledge, Will, Predestination, etc. On of the issues that he treats is the Freedom of the Divine Will, providing a detailed account of the teaching of St. Thomas and his commentators. In this article, I will provide a summary of his teaching on this matter as a compliment to our current series on the matter in the form of notes.
His treatment relevant to this question is four chapters long: the Divine will in general, on the object of the Divine will, on the freedom of God in general, and on the constitutive principle of the freedom of the divine act.
