theodicy: Quick Facts

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Adam and Eve, detail by Giulio Clovio, from the Book of Hours of Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, completed 1546; in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City.

Fresco by Sandro Botticelli showing Saint Augustine seated at a desk, holding a pen and book, with shelves of books and scientific instruments behind him.

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Topics

problem of evil sin

Key People

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Pavel Alexandrovich Florensky

Russian theologian