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(v) Evil does not exist because it is privative; it is merely the absence of goodness, and in itself it is nothing at all. This was a standard Christian view advanced by the church fathers in their endeavour to formulate a theodicy. [...] The view was repeated by John Damascene – 'Evil is nothing else than a lack of the good' – and by Western theologians too. To be sure, this doctrine had to be reconciled with the existence of the Devil, who plays so prominent a role in the New Testament.
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