What is Luis de Molina?
[[Image:Molina - De Justitia et jure, 1759 - 272.tif|thumb|220px|Luis de Molina]] '''Luis de Molina''' (born 1535 in [[Cuenca (Spain)|Cuenca]]; died October 12, 1600 in [[Madrid]]) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Jesuit]] and [[writer]]. At the age of eighteen Molina became a member of the [[Society of Jesus]]. He studied [[theology]] at [[Coimbra]]. After this, he became [[professor]] in the [[university]] of [[Évora]], [[Portugal]]. From this post he was called, at the end of twenty years, to the chair of moral [[theology]] in Madrid. Besides other works he wrote ''De liberi arbitrii cum gratiae donis, divina praescientia, praedestinatione et reprobatione concordia'' (4 vo., [[Lisbon]], 1588); a commentary on the first part of the ''[[Summa Theologiae]]'' of [[Thomas Aquinas]] (2 vols., fol., Cuenca, 1593); and a treatise ''De jure et justitia'' (6 vols., 1593-1609). <gallery> File:Molina, Luis de – De Hispanorum primogeniorum origine ac natura, 1588 – BEIC 4510384.jpg|''De Hispanorum primogeniorum origine ac natura'', 1588 File:Molina - De iustitia et iure, 1733 - 4495353.tif|''De iustitia et iure'', 1733 </gallery> {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Molina, Luis de}} [[Category:1535 births]] [[Category:1600 deaths]] [[Category:Spanish academics]] [[Category:Christian theologians]] [[Category:Jesuits]] [[Category:Spanish Roman Catholics]] [[Category:Spanish writers]]