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Albert T. Bledsoe

A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory

Albert T. Bledsoe

Bledsoe's philosophical defense of God's justice and goodness in the face of evil and suffering, presenting a systematic vindication of divine glory through careful reasoning about God's attributes, human freedom, and moral responsibility.

100 Chapters

Table of Contents

1 000 - Introduction - Of the Possibility Of A Theodicy 2 000.01 - Section 1 3 000.02 - Section 2 4 000.03 - Section 3 5 000.04 - Section 4 6 000.05 - Section 5 7 000.06 - Section 6 8 01 - Part 1 - The Existence of Moral Evil, Or Sin, Consistent With The Holiness Of God 9 01.01 - Chapter 1 - The Scheme of Necessity Denies That Man Is Responsible For The Existence Of Sin 10 01.01.01 - Section 1 11 01.01.02 - Section 2 12 01.01.03 - Section 3 13 01.01.04 - Section 4 14 01.01.05 - Section 5 15 01.01.06 - Section 6 16 01.01.07 - Section 7 17 01.01.08 - Section 8 18 01.01.09 - Section 9 19 01.01.10 - Section 10 20 01.01.11 - Section 11 21 01.02 - Chapter 2 - The Scheme of Necessity Makes God The Author Of Sin 22 01.02.01 - Section 1 23 01.02.02 - Section 2 24 01.02.03 - Section 3 25 01.02.04 - Section 4 26 01.03 - Chapter 3 - Scheme of Necessity Denies The Reality Of Moral Distinctions 27 01.03.01 - Section 1 28 01.03.02 - Section 2 29 01.03.03 - Section 3 30 01.03.04 - Section 4 31 01.04 - Chapter 4 - The Moral World Not Constitured According To The Scheme Of Necessity 32 01.04.01 - Section 1 33 01.04.02 - Section 2 34 01.04.03 - Section 3 35 01.04.04 - Section 4 36 01.04.05 - Section 5 37 01.04.06 - Section 6 38 01.04.07 - Section 7 39 01.05 - Chapter 5 - The Relation Between The Human Will And The Divine Agency 40 01.05.01 - Section 1 41 01.05.02 - Section 2 42 01.05.03 - Section 3 43 01.05.04 - Section 4 44 01.05.05 - Section 5 45 01.06 - Chapter 6 - The Existence of Moral Evil, Or Sin, Reconciled With The Holiness Of God 46 01.06.01 - Section 1 47 01.06.02 - Section 2 48 01.06.03 - Section 3 49 01.06.04 - Section 4 50 01.06.05 - Section 5 51 01.06.06 - Section 6 52 01.06.07 - Section 7 53 01.06.08 - Section 8 54 01.07 - Chapter 7 - Objections Considered 55 01.07.01 - Section 1 56 01.07.02 - Section 2 57 01.07.03 - Section 3 58 01.07.04 - Section 4 59 01.07.05 - Section 5 60 01.07.06 - Section 6 61 02 - Part 2 - The Existence Of Natural Evil, Or Suffering, Consistent With The Goodness Of God 62 02.01 - Chapter 1 - God Desires And Seeks The Slavation Of All Men 63 02.01.01 - Section 1 64 02.01.02 - Section 2 65 02.01.03 - Section 3 66 02.02 - Chapter 2 - Natural Evil, Or Suffering, And Especially The Suffering Of Infants ... 67 02.02.01 - Section 1 68 02.02.02 - Section 2 69 02.02.03 - Section 3 70 02.02.04 - Section 4 71 02.02.05 - Section 5 72 02.03 - Chapter 3 - The Sufferings Of Christ Reconciled With The Goodness Of God 73 02.03.01 - Section 1 74 02.03.02 - Section 2 75 02.03.03 - Section 3 76 02.04 - Chapter 4 - The Eternal Punishment Of The Wicked Reconciles With The Goodness Of God 77 02.04.01 - Section 1 78 02.04.02 - Section 2 79 02.04.03 - Section 3 80 02.05 - Chapter 5 - The Dispensation Of The Divine Favours Reconciled With The Goodness Of God 81 02.05.01 - Section 1 82 02.05.02 - Section 2 83 02.05.03 - Section 3 84 02.05.04 - Section 4 85 03 - Conclusion - A Summary View Of The Principles And Advantages Of The Foregoing System 86 03.01 - Chapter 1 - Summary Of The First Part Of The Foregoing System 87 03.01.01 - Section 1 88 03.01.02 - Section 2 89 03.01.03 - Section 3 90 03.01.04 - Section 4 91 03.01.05 - Section 5 92 03.01.06 - Section 6 93 03.02 - Chapter 2 - Summary Of The Second Part Of The Foregoing System 94 03.02.01 - Section 1 95 03.02.02 - Section 2 96 03.02.03 - Section 3 97 03.02.04 - Section 4 98 03.02.05 - Section 5 99 03.02.06 - Section 6 100 04 - Footnotes

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