Concursus dei
With concursus Dei or concursus divinus ( Latin : "Participation of God" or "divine participation") is the theological and philosophical doctrine of the work of God meant even after its creation. It goes against the deistic idea that God no longer intervenes in the course of the world after creation is complete .
The idea of a God working into creation, on the other hand, is characterized by the image of a living God who is ready for dialogue and who can be influenced through prayer. From an anthropomorphic point of view, he is often compared with a shepherd, judge, educator or parent who can also descend into the world ( incarnation ), commission angels and speak to people through prophets in order to move them to repentance. As a result, the divine plan of salvation appears to be changeable in a certain sense and not intended to be deterministically predetermined. This raises philosophical-theological questions, such as how the relationship to human free will should be determined or whether God is also jointly responsible for human sins .
Another problem of the Concursus Dei doctrine brings to light the question of the compatibility of God's effectiveness with His omnipotence. If one thinks God's willingness to cooperate together with his all-round omnipotence , the theodicy question arises with new explosiveness: How could a “cooperative” God allow the Second World War with the Shoah and the atomic bombs ?