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A theodicy; or, vindication of the divine glory as manifested in the constitution and government of the moral world / Albert Taylor Bledsoe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bledsoe, Albert Taylor, 1809-1877, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theodicy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (334 pages)
- Edition:
- Tenth edition.
- Other Title:
- Theodicy; or, vindication of the divine glory as manifested in the constitution and government of the moral world
- A theodicy; or, vindication of the divine glory as manifested in the constitution and government of the moral world
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Carlton & Porter, 1853.
- Summary:
- How, under the government of an infinitely perfect Being, evil could have proceeded from a creature of his own, has ever been regarded as the great difficulty pertaining to the intellectual system of the universe. It has never ceased to puzzle and perplex the human mind. Indeed, so great and so obstinate has it seemed, that it is usually supposed to He beyond the reach of the human faculties. We shall, however, examine the grounds of this opinion, before we exchange the bright illusions of hope, if such indeed they be, for the gloomy forebodings of despair. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved).
- Contents:
- The scheme of necessity denies that man is responsible for the existence of sin.
- The scheme of necessity makes God the author of sin.
- The scheme of necessity denies the reality of moral distinctions.
- The moral world hot constituted according to the scheme of necessity.
- The relation between the human will and the divine agency.
- The existence of moral evil, or sin, reconciled with the holiness of God.
- Objections considered.
- God desires and seeks the salvation of all men.
- Natural evil, or suffering, and especially the suffering of infants, reconciled with the goodness of God.
- The sufferings of Christ reconciled with the goodness of God.
- The eternal punishment of the wicked reconciled with the goodness of God.
- The dispensation of the divine favours reconciled with the goodness of God.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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