St Augustine theodicy

Augustine concludes that evil must be the going wrong of something itself made good

True

False

What does St Augustine call evil

Something bad

The privation of good

The devils rule

What does Augustine use to explain the evil in a world itself made good

Moral evil

Natural evil

The fall of angels and the fall of man

Why is Augustine's theodicy described as a soul-deciding theodicy

We decide whether we obey God or not

The soul determines evil

God tells our souls to avoid evil

St Augustine believed we have voluntas. What does that mean

Hope

Purpose

Will

What was the aesthetic theory

The world was designed to be beautiful

From a distance all the evil and goods come together to make a morally beautiful world

The world was designed to be beautiful, humans were meant to make it look nice

Evil and good are necessary opposites, that we could not know good unless we knew evil as well. What is the name of this theory ?

Contrast theory

Imperfect theory

Equal difference theory

The Escher painting demonstrates how both light and dark are needed to create the whole image and how the two exist in connection to one another

True

False

What did Hick argue St Augustine's theodicies were

Pre-scientific

Erroneous

Subjective

Who disagreed with St Augustine and argued everyone would go to heaven

Irenaeus and Hick

Aquinas and Plato

Aristotle and Descartes

Why do some people not like St Augustine's approach about devils, angels and hell

Because God sounds evil

Because it doesn't fit with the more modern Christian understanding of God as completely just, lowing and agape

Because people believe devils and angels cannot exist at the same time

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