Catholic Church. Congregatio de Auxiliis Divinae Gratiae.

In 1597 Clement VIII appointed the Congregatio de Auxiliis Divinae Gratiae to settle the contemporary dispute over the relationship between actual grace and free will. The controversy between the Jesuits and Dominicans had reached a fresh stage when the Jesuit theologian, Luis de Molina, published his Concordia liberi arbitrii cum gratiae donis (1588).

Among others the Dominican theologian, Domingo Banez, attacked Molina's teaching, and the controversy became so heated between the two Orders that Clement VIII brought the matter to Rome. In November 1597 he established the congregation to resolve the differences by examining the theology involved. The congregation reported for the first time on March 19, 1598, recommending that the circulation of Molina's book be forbidden and that 90 propositions from it be condemned. The pope, however, declined to approve the recommendation.

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