Reprobation and Permission of Sin – Prof. Thomas Osborne

<p>Prof. Thomas Osborne explains reprobation and the permission of sin in Thomas Aquinas as the asymmetrical counterpart to predestination, where God positively causes the grace and merits leading the elect to glory but only permits the sins of the reprobate without ever willing or causing moral evil, thus safeguarding both divine justice and human responsibility.​</p><p><br /></p><p>This lecture was given on September 6th, 2025, at Dominican House of Studies.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Through your gift to the Thomistic Institute, you will send the best scholars in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition directly to college campuses, bringing the light of Christ to students longing for answers.&nbsp;</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Thanks to a group of generous donors, </span><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">every dollar you send up to $150,000 before December 31 will be matched</strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">.&nbsp; This means that your gift will touch twice as many souls!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">To make your gift today, visit </span><a href="https://thomisticinstitute.org/donate-podcast" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">https://thomisticinstitute.org/donate-podcast</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> </span></p><p><br /></p><p>For more information on upcoming events, visit us at <a href="https://thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events" target="_blank">thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>About the Speakers:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thomas M. Osborne, Jr. (Ph.D, Duke University, 2001) is the Frank A. Rudman Endowed Chair in Philosophy and the Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas.&nbsp; He has published widely on Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, and medieval and late scholastic philosophy.&nbsp; His interests cover moral psychology, ethics, political philosophy, and metaphysics. His latest book is Thomas Aquinas on Virtue (Cambridge University Press, 2024).</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Keywords: </span>Augustinian Theology of Grace, Calvinist Double Predestination, Divine Justice and Eternal Punishment, Divine Providence and Human Freedom, Grace, Negative and Positive Reprobation, Predestination and Foreseen Merits, Salvation, Sin</p>