CCXVIII. Corollary XIII — Theological Commentaries, Part III: On the Division of the Divine Will into First and Second, and on the Universal Extent of the Restored Order Theological Commentaries, Part III: On the Division of the Divine Will into First and Second, and on the Universal Extent of the Restored Order
COROLLARY XIII.
Since these two states are separated from one another by so great an interval, it must appear not only opportune but plainly necessary to choose suitable words by which each is designated by name. None more suitable occur than that the prior state should be called one of condemnation and hypothetical, but the latter one of restoration and absolute. And the prior state indeed is aptly called a state of condemnation and hypothetical, both because all men in Adam underwent a judgment of condemnation and because it would have existed unless mercy had intervened through Christ1. But the latter is rightly named the state of restoration, and indeed absolute: of restoration, because it must be credited to God restoring on account of Christ; and absolute, because it exists in reality and is that in which the human race actually abides.
Carlo Passaglia, “CCXVIII. Corollary XIII,” in Theological Commentaries, Part III: On the Division of the Divine Will into First and Second, and on the Universal Extent of the Restored Order,
English translation, Mind of the Church,
https://mindofthechurch.com/works/passaglia-commentaries-3/221-ccxviii-corollary-xiii/.
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