The Augustinian theodicy is a type of Christian theodicy designed to respond to the evidential problem of evil. As such‚ it attempts to explain the probability of an omnipotent and omnibenevolent (or all-powerful and perfectly loving) God amid evidence of evil in the world. A number of variations of this kind of theodicy have been proposed throughout history‚ but their similarities were first described by John Hick‚ who classified them as Augustinian. They typically assert that God is perfectly good
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Explain Augustines Theodicy (25 marks) Augustines’s theodicy‚ which aims to decipher why there is evil in the world‚ is greatly influenced by the Bible’s creation stories‚ Genesis 1-3‚ which he took literally. Augustine believed‚ that God had made the world ex nihilo (out of nothing) and when making the world he had made it free from flaws. He believed very strongly that God is good‚ omnipotent and omniscience. As he had a traditional view of God it created a problem that he had to solve‚ if
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t Augustine 354-430 CE‚ developed a theodicy in order to tackle the ‘Problem of Evil’‚ the seeming contradiction between God being omnipotent‚ omnibenevolent and there still being evil in the world. As a Christian‚ he believed that God had made everything that exists‚ and that at the moment of creation‚ everything was perfect‚ because ‘God saw all that he had made‚ and it was very good’ Genesis 1: 31. He therefore concluded that ‘evil is not a substance’; it is merely ‘Privatio Boni’ or privation
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Explain the Augustinian Theodicy (25) A Philosophical theodicy demonstrates that God‚ being omnipotent‚ omniscient and omnibenevolent‚ has good reasons for occasionally allowing the continued existence of evil and suffering. It also demonstrates that the existence of evil and suffering provides greater benefits than the benefits of removing evil . St Augustine‚ 354 – 430 AD‚ based his arguments on the Bible; especially the accounts of the Creation and the Fall in Genesis. His influential theodicy
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Theodicy is what attempts to answer the question of why a God allows or permits suffering and evil in the world. Anti-theodicy opposes theodicy in which it refuses to consider the relationship between God and suffering and places all the experience of evil onto God. The theodicy in the world religion‚ Judaism‚ and what that tradition believes about theodicy‚ is to be examined. To understand theodicy in Judaism‚ firstly‚ the questioning of theodicy (especially after the Holocaust)‚ must be examined
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Religion (Theodicy) Paula—Doctrine of original sin The doctrine of Original sin—People would rather be guilty then helpless —In the end it’s all out fault —We all come from Adam and Eve(we deserve it) Theodicy—is a reasonable defense of god before the prevalence of evil (justification of god before evil) Problems a theodicy confronts 1.God is all good 2.God is all powerful 3.Whence Evil (Theodicy defends god) 2 kinds of theodicy “Best of all possible worlds” 3 qualities
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incompatible with God’s omnipotence and perfect goodness‚ the word"theodicy" is coined to deal with the problem of evil. Usually it is an attempt to show that it is possible to affirm the omnipotence of God‚ the love of God‚ and the reality of evil without contradiction. Two of the most well-known and most frequently discussed theodicies are the Augustinian theodicy and the Irenaean theodicy. The Augustinian theodicy was constructed by Saint Augustine (345-430 AD) and is the main traditional Christian response
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The Augustinian Theodicy From Augustine in his booke ’Confessions’ in 397AD. His argument was that God is good and created a world perfectly good and free from defection‚ evil & suffering. Based on Genesis 1-3 ’Either God cannot abolish evil‚ or he will not. If he cannot‚ he is not all-powerful‚ if he will not he is not all-good.’ Augustine ’The believer must have‚ in a cool moment‚ a solution to the problem of evil. If he does not‚ his faith is not rational...’ Richard Swinburne The
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Augustine’s Theodicy A theodicy is a philosophical study‚ which attempts to satisfy the problem of the existence of evil and suffering alongside the existence of the God of Classical Theism‚ a God who is omnipotent‚ omnibenevolent‚ and omniscient. Augustine of Hippo (354-430 CE) tries to justify the righteousness of God; Augustine’s theodicy heavily refers and relates to key biblical passages. Therefore his theodicy is an attempt to solve the problem of suffering. Augustine uses the story of the
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In 1996 John Hick‚ a British Philosopher‚ was able to trace the history of Theodicy also known as the question of why a benevolent god allows evil to exist. In his text Evil and the God of Love‚ Hick states that there are three major beliefs that exist; The Plotinian Theodicy‚ the Augustinian Theodicy‚ and the Irenaean Theodicy. John Hick however decides to focus a large part of his attention on the Augustinian and Irenaean Theodicy’s. While both have similar explanations to why God can exist with
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