St. Augustine on the Problem of Evil

<正>How to reconcile the existence of evil with the omnipotent and omnibenevolent deity was a problem.In theology,though a wide range of responses had been given to it,there were two major traditions identified,the Irenaean theodicy and the Augustinian theodicy.The Irenaean theodicy admitted that God was responsible for evil while the Augustinian theodicy attempted to clear God of all responsibility for evil.The former believed