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THE CAUSE OF EVIL (THREE ARTICLES)

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We next inquire into the cause of evil. Concerning this there are three points of inquire:

(1) Whether good can be the cause of evil?

(2) Whether the supreme good, God, is the cause of evil?

(3) Whether there be any supreme evil, which is the first cause of all evils?

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Aquinas's monumental systematic theology examining whether sacred doctrine is a science, God's existence and nature, divine attributes, moral philosophy, and the full range of Christian doctrine through rigorous philosophical and theological reasoning.

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