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concursus

noun
con·cur·sus | \ -ˈkərsəs \
plural concursus

Definition of concursus 

Christian religion

: the influx of divine causation upon secondary causes especially : the doctrine that before the fall man was preserved from sin by the aid of God

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History and Etymology for concursus

Medieval Latin, from Latin, concourse

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