St.Augustine on the Problem of Evil
How to reconcile the existence of evil with the omnipotent and omnibenevolent deity was a problem. In theology, though a wide range of responses had been given to it, there were two major traditions identified, the Irenaean theodicy and the Augustinian theodicy. The Irenaean theodicy admitted that God was responsible for evil while the Augustinian theodicy attempted to clear God of all responsibility for evil. The former believed God wanted to find the perfect human through evil since He values the World as a Vale of Soul-Making. However, why would humans, who ended up being perfected through the soul-making concept, be better than humans who were just created perfect in the first place? God could definitely create perfect human. So, the Irenaean theodicy seemed not so convincing here and the Augustinian theodicy would be discussed. The following parts would talk about Augustine's two responses with criticisms and improvements.
evil、problem、st.augustine
R733.71
2017-10-13（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
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