{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">If we speak, however, of what are called “corporeal” and\r\n“external” evils,—which are improperly so termed,—then it\r\nmay be granted that there <i>are</i> occasions when some of these\r\nhave been called into existence by God, in order that by their\r\nmeans the conversion of certain individuals might be effected.\r\nAnd what absurdity would follow from such a course? For as,\r\nif we should hear those sufferings<a id=\"r1308\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1308\"><sup>[1308]</sup></a> improperly termed “evils”\r\nwhich are inflicted by fathers, and instructors, and pedagogues\r\nupon those who are under their care, or upon patients who are\r\noperated upon or cauterized by the surgeons in order to effect\r\na cure, we were to say that a father was ill-treating his son,\r\nor pedagogues and instructors their pupils, or physicians their\r\npatients, no blame would be laid upon the operators or chastisers;\r\nso, in the same way, if God is said to bring upon men\r\nsuch evils for the conversion and cure of those who need this\r\ndiscipline, there would be no absurdity in the view, nor would\r\n“evils come down from the Lord upon the gates of Jerusalem,”<a id=\"r1309\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1309\"><sup>[1309]</sup></a>—which\r\nevils consist of the punishments inflicted upon the\r\nIsraelites by their enemies with a view to their conversion; nor\r\nwould one visit “with a rod the transgressions of those who forsake\r\nthe law of the Lord, and their iniquities with stripes;”<a id=\"r1310\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1310\"><sup>[1310]</sup></a>\r\nnor could it be said, “Thou hast coals of fire to set upon them;\r\nthey shall be to thee a help.”<a id=\"r1311\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1311\"><sup>[1311]</sup></a> In the same way also we explain\r\nthe expressions, “I, who make peace, and create evil;”<a id=\"r1312\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1312\"><sup>[1312]</sup></a> for\r\nHe calls into existence “corporeal” or “external” evils, while\r\npurifying and training those who would not be disciplined by\r\nthe word and sound doctrine. This, then, is our answer to the\r\nquestion, “How is it that God created evil?”</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK VI.","Chapter LVI."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-451"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"b9152449fd562fc4a3010d8c663ed9e6fdfc42615daa68ff171ae433dd106fe6","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f1308","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1872 English edition; listed translators died 1889 and 1872. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1308","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1308\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1308\">1308</a>. </span><span lang=\"grc\">πόνους.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f1308","text_sha256":"cd9e173cbeb39c75976e651e7c09da5397e757219675898ea42493e27668a333","verified":false,"work_id":null}