Will or Conscience, which comes first? (moral, grace, choice, faith)

[Rex]

I can't even elaborate on my thoughts on this yet but I wanted to get the topic started.....

[Rex]

nobody wants to chime in ?

[Scott1]

Rex,

I couldn't leave you hanging on this one, so here goes:

1778 Conscience is a judgment of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act that he is going to perform, is in the process of performing, or has already completed. In all he says and does, man is obliged to follow faithfully what he knows to be just and right. It is by the judgment of his conscience that man perceives and recognizes the prescriptions of the divine law:


Conscience is a law of the mind; yet [Christians] would not grant that it is nothing more; I mean that it was not a dictate, nor conveyed the notion of responsibility, of duty, of a threat and a promise. . . . [Conscience] is a messenger of him, who, both in nature and in grace, speaks to us behind a veil, and teaches and rules us by his representatives. Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.

Main Entry: will
Pronunciation: 'wil
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English willa will, desire; akin to Old English wille
Date: before 12th century
1 : DESIRE, WISH: as a : DISPOSITION, INCLINATION <where there's a will there's a way> b : APPETITE, PASSION c : CHOICE, DETERMINATION


Conscience has to come first.

The will may overpower conscience....... a strong desire or passion could propel one to make a choice that is contrary to his/her conscience...... or vise versa the conscience could prevent a person from exercising his/her will in a action that would be against conscience.

To have will before the development of a conscience would be madness..... nothing to prevent anarchy.

Peace,
Scott