From: Greg Scully <>
Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 8:39 AM
Subject: On Evil


>
> "For what is that which we call evil but the absence of good."
>                       St Augustine, Enchiridion, Chapter 11.
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> "It is.....impious to say that evil has its origin from God,  because
> the contrary cannot proceed from its contrary. Life does not engender
> death, darkness is not the origin of light, sickness is not the maker
> of health."
>                         St Basil, Hexaemeron, Homily 2.
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> "For what is evil is not, but what is good is."
>              St Athanasius, Incarnation of the Word,
>                                     chap. 4, sect. 5.
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> Peace and grace.
>  "In truth the most difficult of sciences is to know oneself."
>               Saint Basil. Hexaemeron, Homily 9.
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> 
> ICQ. No. 20851296