Christian philosophy

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Predestination, in theology, is the doctrine that all events have been willed by God, usually with reference to the eventual fate of the individual soul. Explanations of predestination often seek to address the paradox of free will, whereby God's omniscience seems incompatible with human free will. In this usage, predestination can be regarded as a form of religious determinism; and usually predeterminism, also known as theological determinism.

thumb|Painting of Saint Thomas Aquinas, after whom Thomism is named

question on reconciling the existence of evil with an omnibenevolent, omniscient and omnipotent God

development in philosophy that is characterised by coming from a Christian tradition

argument that posits that humans bet with their lives that God either exists or does not

school of Christian theology that emphasizes the importance of reason and experience over doctrinal authority

concept associated with Aristotelian philosophy in which all forms of life on the planet exist in ranked order, from the most to the least important, in a "ladder of life"

philosophical treatise by Leo Tolstoy

existentialist approach to Christian theology

philosophical union of Judeo-Christian ethics and humanist principles

In Christianity, providentialism is the belief that all events on Earth are controlled by God.

encyclical by John Paul II.

right|thumb|Luis de Molina, the namesake of Molinism

book by Søren Kierkegaard

esoteric Christian movement

theological and ethical position

'''' (from French: Essays of Theodicy on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil), more simply known as '' , is a book of philosophy by the German polymath Gottfried Leibniz. The book, published in 1710, introduced the term theodicy'', and its optimistic approach to the problem of evil is thought to have inspired Voltaire's Candide (albeit satirically). Much of the work consists of a response to the ideas of the French philosopher Pierre Bayle and based on the author's conversation with Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, with whom Leibniz carried on a debate for many years.

Latin expression meaning "the highest good"

maxim of Anselm of Canterbury

Neostoicism was a philosophical movement that arose in the late 16th century from the works of Justus Lipsius, and sought to combine the beliefs of Stoicism and Christianity. Lipsius was Flemish and a Renaissance humanist. The movement took on the nature of religious syncretism, although modern scholarship does not consider that it resulted in a successful synthesis. The name "neostoicism" is attributed to two Roman Catholic authors, Léontine Zanta and Julien-Eymard d'Angers.

form of Christianity

work by Lactantius

postmodern theology

philosophical ideas of Søren Kierkegaard

Prosopon is a theological term used in Christian theology as designation for the concept of a divine person. The term has a particular significance in Christian triadology (study of the Trinity), and also in Christology.

relationship between Neoplatonism and Christianity

philosophy developed by R. Niebuhr in the late 1940s and early 1950s; states that the Kingdom of God cannot be realized on earth due to innately corrupt tendencies of society

divorce of Christianity from Greek philosophy

school of epistemology, that beliefs, specifically belief in God, not need to be inferred from other truths to be rationally warranted

argument that attempts to prove God's existence by arguing that logic, morals, and science ultimately presuppose a supreme being, and that God must be the source of logic and morals

Christian movement based on spiritual wisdom