Monergism

Monergism is the view in Christian theology which holds that the Holy Spirit is the only agent that effects the regeneration of Christians. It is contrasted with synergism; the view that there is a cooperation between the divine and the human in the regeneration process.^[2]^[3] It is most often associated with Lutheranism, as well as with the Reformed tradition (which includes Presbyterianism, low church Anglicanism, Puritans, Continental Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Baptists, etc.) and its doctrine of irresistible grace, and particularly with historical doctrinal differences between Calvinism and Arminianism.^[4]

^ "Grace: More than a Life Preserver". Ligonier Ministries. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
^ McKim, Donald K. (1996). Westminster dictionary of theological terms (1st ed.). Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press. p. 177. ISBN 0664255116.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ Olson, Roger E. (6 September 2002). The Mosaic of Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity & Diversity. InterVarsity Press. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-8308-2695-7. Two examples of Christian synergism are the Catholic reformer Erasmus, who was roughly contemporary with Luther, and the seventeenth-century Dutch theologian Arminius. John Wesley, founder of the Methodist tradition, was also a synergist with regard to salvation.
^ Salter, Roger (1 February 2018). "THE MARTYRS' STAKE: The Ensign of Reformational Anglicanism". VirtueOnline. Retrieved 23 June 2019. The code and creed of Anglicanism is richly Trinitarian (divine self-disclosure), soteriologically monergistic (grace alone), and warmly pastoral (godly care) in its approach to the people it serves within and beyond the bounds of its membership.