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So we're hoping that it will be a pleasure to talk about reprobation today.

That's what he's saying. But it is an important topic. It's the counterpart to

predestination in a way, but not parallel. So it's

very important. And in fact, by understanding predestination better, you know more about what

reprobation is. By thinking about reprobation, you can understand predestination better.

So what is predestination?

And what is reprobation?

In text one of your handout, we have a quote from St. Thomas.

Just as predestination is a part of providence with respect to those who are divinely ordered to eternal salvation, so reprobation is a part of Providence with respect to those who fall away from dissent.

Hence, reprobation does not signify poor knowledge alone, but adds something according to reason, just as Providence does, as was said above.

Just as predestination includes the will of conferring grace and glory, so reprobation includes the will to permit someone to fall into guilt, and to inflict damnation on account of the guilt. So, we've got two different but related notions.

Predestination, God wills to save somebody individually, then God gives them the means

and causes the meritorious acts, right? Not all meritorious acts are in the predestine, strictly

speaking, right?

I mean, a lot of times we may be meritoriously here

offering up the pain of having to listen to people, you know,

but then what happens?

Well, 20 years down the road, we're in the nursing home

and all of our merits disappear and we die in mortal sin,

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