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AGENT
In scholastic philosophy and theology, an efficient cause, namely that which by its activity produces existence or change in another. (Etym. Latin agens, doing, active, effecting; also cause, agent; from agere, to do, drive, conduct.)
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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