Synergism, the theological doctrine that divine grace requires a correspondent action of the human will to render it effective, a doctrine defended by Melanchthon when he ascribes to the will the “power of seeking grace,” the term “synergy” meaning co-operation.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Syndicate * Synesius, Bishop Ptolemais