The Theory of Grace

Derondas, Occam and other scholastics believed they had avoided the Pelagian heresy by stressing God's freedom to bestow grace. A thunderous condemnation of their position was presented by Thomas Bradwardine who later became Archbishop of Canterbury. For Bradwardine, the theory of grace found in Derondas,Occam, and others was nothing but rank Pelagianism since it took the initiative for salvation out of God's hands. Instead we must admit that nothing can happen in the created world without God's willing it he is the co-mover of every motion.