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Originally Posted by panta dokimazete  Monergism: God effectuates, Man participates
Synergism: God coordinates, Man cooperates
That is:
God fully effectuates salvation, man takes part in God's finished work through Christ - he does not cooperate.
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God coordinates all the right circumstances and Man, in and of himself, makes a choice. Some, through something special within them all their own, choose God.
Does if pass the "sniff test" or is there better verbiage? |
What better verbiage than "sniff test" could there be?
Seriously, I think the statements are fine. I (being me) might say "orchestrates" instead of "coordinates", but it's a reasonable statement of the difference. I might make the monergism statement even more stark than you have, because even "man takes part" might be misunderstood. It may be more clear (and more symmetric) to say "God
effectuates every act in the process of salvation," or somesuch.
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