theodicy

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It is my opinion that the Church uses its particular theological tenants regarding the Atonement and the way things are as our own theodicy, and that this theodicy is strong.

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  1. noun A vindication of God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil.

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  • Olson's response to the Calvinist greater good theodicy is to ask "What is the greater good?" —  Triablogue
  • But, of course, the questions about theodicy are almost endless, and the priest's answers are anything but exhaustive. —  Bill's 'Faith Matters' Weblog
  • But much of it is better read as an exploration of abiding themes in theology-such as theodicy, the afterlife and Christology-with particular reference to scriptural and cultural references to angels.
  • Like Hagee's theodicy, Brickner's notion runs into a logical problem, since the terror attacks of 9 / 11 2001 in the United States and those of 7 / 7 2005 in England were not committed against Jews. —  Israelated - English Israel blogs
  • This leads him to introduce two other crucial components of his evolutionary theodicy: God's co-suffering with creatures and the promise of redemption for those creatures who've been denied the opportunity to flourish. —  A Thinking Reed
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  1. After Essai de théodicée, a work by Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz : Greek theo-, theo- + Greek dikē, order, right; see deik- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also theodicee, theodicæa, theodicea; = French théodicée, from New Latin theodicæa (Leibnitz), from Greek θεός, god. + δίκη, right, justice (later δίκαιος, just).
 

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