El tomismo agustiniano de los dominicos españoles. Tomás de Lemos y la referencia a san Agustín en tiempos de las Congregaciones de auxiliis

Abstract

The present work aims at showing the means by which the Spanish dominican Tomás de Lemos has defended the cause of thomism at the beginning of the seventeenth Century and at insisting upon his respect for Augustinian doctrine on the subject of grace. It is to be remembered that at the time of the Congregations de auxiliis (1598-1607), two factions were confronting each other: on one side, the Jesuits defended the Molinist thesis of a sufficient grace conferred on everyone and made efficacious simply by the consent of free will; on the other side, the Dominicans, defenders of a Thomism adjusted to suit the requirements of the argument, accused their opponents of Semi-Pelagianism and lent support to the thesis of the necessity for a grace efficacious in itself over and above the succour provided by sufficient grace. The Thomists claimed to respect Aug.’s teaching to the letter.

Keywords

• Augustin saint
• Álvarez Diego
• augustinisme
• Congregaciones de auxiliis
• gracia
• Lemos Tomás de