 The place of intentionality in Holkot’s theology and his generous view of divine graciousness provide the context for his use of a version of what has come to be called “Pascal’s wager.” Holkot passed on a story about a learned heretic who was converted to a belief in immortality by a challenge from a Dominican lay brother: if you believe in immortality and it is true, you will have gained a great deal, and if you believe in immortality and it is not true, you will lose nothing. Forming an intention to believe could constitute doing his best on the part of the heretic, and God would reward such an intention with the grace necessary for conversion to the belief.