The Idea of Cooperation as an Element of Divine Providence

Divine Providence When speaking of "divine providence", we do so in the accepted sense of the term. The word itself, as far as its literal meaning is concerned, is not applicable to God. "Pro-video" the Latin verb from which the word is derived, means "to see in advance". It must be evident that we cannot say of God that He sees things in advance, since to do so would immediately suggest a dualism and would mean that there were a power that worked of itself, apart from God, and over against...