Congruismn.
/ˈkɒŋɡruːɪz(ə)m/ Theology.
The doctrine of the Congruists, which derives the efficacy of grace from its suitability or adaptation to the character, nature, disposition, or other circumstances of the person called; it denies a gratia a se efficax, and affirms a grace relative to character, and more or less conditioned on will.
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1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) 384/1 Congruism has the advantage of admitting the full force of scriptural texts which attribute the whole difference between sinner and saint to the grace of God, while at the same time there is no difficulty in reconciling it with belief in the freedom of the will.
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