Cassian's Conferences · VI. Conference of Abbot Theodore. On the Death of the Saints
Chapter V
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An objection, how God Himself can be said to create evil.
Germanus: We often read in holy Scripture that God has created evil or brought it upon men, as is this passage: "There is none beside Me. I am the Lord, and there is none else: I form the light and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil."1379 And again: "Shall there be evil in a city which the Lord hath not done?"1380
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Volume 11, ed. Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (1890–1900). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.