Augustine and Irenaeus Theodicy
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- augustine V irenaeus
- Augustine
- 354 AD - 430 AD
- A. Theodicy
- 1) God is PERFECT. The world he created reflects that perfection
- 2) Humans were created with FREE WILL
- 3) Sin and Death entered the world through Adam and Eve, and their Disobedience
- 4) Adam and Eve's Disobedience brought about 'Disharmony' in both Humanity and Creation
- 5) The whole of humanity experiences this disharmony because we were all 'seminally' present in the loins of Adam
- 6) NATURAL EVIL is a consequence of this disharmony brought about by the Fall
- 7) God is JUSTIFIED in not intervening because the suffering is a Consequence of human action
- 6) NATURAL EVIL is a consequence of this disharmony brought about by the Fall
- 5) The whole of humanity experiences this disharmony because we were all 'seminally' present in the loins of Adam
- 2) Humans were created with FREE WILL
- 1) God is PERFECT. The world he created reflects that perfection
- A. Theodicy
- 354 AD - 430 AD
- Irenaeus
- 130 AD - 202 AD
- I. Theodicy
- 1) humans were created in the IMAGE and LIKENESS of God
- 2) We are in an immature moral state, though we have the potential for moral perfection
- 3) Throughout our lives we change from being human animals to 'children of God'
- 4) This is a CHOICE made after struggle and experience, as we choose God rather than our baser instinct.
- 5) There are NO angels or external forces at work here
- 6) God brings in suffering for BENEFIT of humanity
- 7) From it we learn positive values and about the world around us.
- 6) God brings in suffering for BENEFIT of humanity
- 5) There are NO angels or external forces at work here
- 2) We are in an immature moral state, though we have the potential for moral perfection
- 1) humans were created in the IMAGE and LIKENESS of God
- I. Theodicy
- 130 AD - 202 AD
- Augustine
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