Can both predestination and free will be true? How do the two go together? Do we actually know or is this a mystery we are forever meant to ponder? I sit down with the one and only Father Gregory Pine and ask him the hardest questions I could think of regarding this topic. Let's get into it.

Thomism & Predestination (Referenced Book): https://qrco.de/bgu3Gu

Father Pine's Mentioned Books:

• Justice: Judge Rightly, Give Freely: https://qrco.de/bgu3Gf
• Training the Tongue and Growing Beyond Sins of Speech: https://qrco.de/bgu3GS

📙📙 Link to My Wife Ellie's Book "To Whom Shall I Go.": https://qrco.de/bgX1pv

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CHAPTERS

00:00 — Introduction to Father Gregory Pine
02:27 — Father Pine’s background with predestination
05:22 — Why this topic matters in Thomism
07:49 — What the Church actually teaches
12:04 — Arminianism, Calvinism, and the Catholic middle
16:25 — Thomistic predestination and free will
21:18 — The problem of evil and damnation
26:34 — Augustine and Thomas Aquinas
27:42 — Why Molinism falls short
32:23 — Grace, original sin, and human responsibility
36:27 — How prayer works in God’s plan
39:09 — What it means to pray devoutly
40:45 — Prayer in ordinary family life
42:03 — Secondary and instrumental causes
43:51 — Why sacramental theology matters
47:43 — Catholicism vs. double predestination
48:34 — How to answer “relationship with Jesus” objections
51:13 — Questions from the live chat
57:33 — Talking to friends about the Catholic faith

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