Saint Bernard and the three freedoms

Before the Fall,Adam enjoyed three freedoms: freedom to choose, freedom to choose right and freedom to carry out his choice.After the fall Adam enjoyed only one freedom-freedom to choose.According to bernard,it is in this last freedom that the image of God in man resides.Even the souls in hell possess this freedom of choice.In order to save our souls,our free choices must co-operate with grace in order to re-gain the two other freedoms and to share in God's wisdom and power.