"We have to admit - that evil exists. Its origin is still quite mysterious. Could evil come from the author of good?... But how can it be imagined that God himself is the one who, on the one hand, showers his sons with grace, and crushes evil with his other hand? What eye can see into the depths of such secrets? Bad creation cannot come from a perfect being, but not from anywhere else - because everything came from it. And yet there is - oh pain - evil. How astonishing, how paradoxical!
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We have to admit - that evil exists. Its origin is still quite mysterious. Could evil come from the author of good?... But how can it be imagined that God himself is the one who, on the one hand, showers his sons with grace, and crushes evil with his other hand? What eye can see into the depths of such secrets? Bad creation cannot come from a perfect being, but not from anywhere else - because everything came from it. And yet there is - oh pain - evil. How astonishing, how paradoxical!
""Muszáj bevallani - hogy létezik - a rosszat. Az eredete még egészen titokzatos, A jó szerzőjétől származna tán a rossz?... De hogy képzelhető, hogy maga Isten az, aki Egyfelől fiait kegyelmében füröszti, Másik kezével a rosszat zúdítja le? Melyik szem láthat ily titkoknak mélyire? Tökéletes lényből rossz létre nem jöhet, De máshonnan se - mert minden belőle lett. És mégis létezik - ó fájdalom - a rossz. Mily döbbenetes ez, mennyire paradox!"