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Determinism is the philosophical position that for every event, including human action, there exists conditions that could cause no other event.

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What was the Early Church's (ante-Nicene period) view of the interplay between free will (or...

(ibid 1.6.2) Shoots of determinism were seen among the Gnostics in Irenaues' day (see more below), and he rejected this view. … Did the Early Church (ante-Nicene period) believe in determinism? No, except for a fraction of the Gnostics. …
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How do Christians who believe in libertarian free will respond to R.C. Sproul's critique in ...

The presence of competing options, far from demonstrating determinism or "humanist" free will, makes possible the morally consequential exercise of libertarian free will. …
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