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Freedom excludes inflexibility and immutability. But
after the choice the angel remains free. Therefore the
angel is not immutable.
Reply. I distinguish: freedom excludes absolute
immutability, I concede; hypothetic immutability, I
deny. Thus God's free decrees are immutable. I
concede the minor and distinguish the conclusion.
I insist. When the object remains indifferent the choice
is mutable. But after the sin of the angel the object of
its choice remains indifferent.
Reply. I distinguish the major: when the object remains
indifferent the choice is mutable on the part of the
object, I concede; on the part of the subject, that
is, on the part of the angel's connatural mode of acting
intuitively, I deny. I concede the minor, and
distinguish the conclusion.
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