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CONGRUOUS (from Lat. congruere, to ag...

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 940 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CONGRUOUS (from See also:Lat. congruere, to agree)  , that which corresponds to or agrees with anything; the derivation appears in " congruence," a See also:condition of such See also:correspondence or agreement, a See also:term used particularly in See also:mathematics, e.g. for a doubly See also:infinite See also:system of lines (see See also:SURFACE), and in the theory of See also:numbers, for the relation of two numbers, which, on being divided by a third number, known as the modulus, leave the same See also:remainder (see NUMBER) . The similar word " congruity " is a term of Scholastic See also:theology in the See also:doctrine of merit . See also:God's recompense for See also:good See also:works, if performed in a See also:state of See also:grace, is based on " condignity," meritum de condigno; if before such a state is reached, it should be See also:fit or " See also:congruous " that God should recompense such works by conferring the " first grace," meritum de congruo . The term is also used in theology, in reference to the controversy between the See also:Jesuits and the See also:Dominicans on the subject of grace, at the end of the 16th See also:century (see See also:MOLINA, Luis, and See also:SUAREZ, FRANCISCO) .

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