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FREEDOM OF SPONTANEITY
The capacity of moving or being moved in any direction. Refers especially to the liberty a person has, under the impulse of grace, which does not coerce the action to which it invites the human will.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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