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Chapter
XXIII.—Evil Not in Substance.
“But if any one, proceeding more curiously,
inquire: What then was the use of God’s making these evil
things, which should have so great a tendency to subvert the minds of
men?737
| 737 [Chaps.
23–26 have no exact parallel in the Homilies; comp. book
iii. 16–26. The questions of the origin of evil and of
free-will are more fully treated in the
Recognitions.—R.] | To one proposing such a question,
we answer that we must first of all inquire whether there is any
evil in substance. And
although it would be sufficient to say to him that it is not suitable
that the creature judge the Creator, but that to judge the work of
another belongs to him who is either of equal skill or equal power;
yet, to come directly to the point, we say absolutely that there is no
evil in substance. But if this be so, then the Creator of
substance is vainly blamed.
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