Why Does Evil Exist? (St. Anselm) - a podcast by Dre Carlan

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“For in being entirely and supremely righteous, even in this you are kind to the wicked, just because your goodness is entire and supreme. For you would be less good if you were kind to none of the wicked, for better is he who is good to both good and evil men, than he who is good only to good men. And better is he who is good to the wicked by both punishing and sparing them, than he who only punishes them. So you are compassionate because you are entirely and supremely good. And although one can see why you should deal out good to the good and bad to the bad, what is indeed to be wondered at is why you who are entirely righteous and want for nothing should give good gifts to your wicked and guilty sons. How deep is your goodness, O God.”
-Prologion Ch. 9


“When you punish the wicked, this is just, because it is what they deserve; but when you pardon them, this is just, not because of their deserts, but because it assorts well with your goodness. For in sparing the wicked you are just according to your own nature, not according to ours; in the same way as when we say you are compassionate it is not according to your nature but according to ours.”
-Prologion Ch. 10


“To sin—how evil and bitter that is. Sins—how easy to commit, how hard to give up. Sinners—so misled by sins—are caught by their fetters. Understand, O understand how evil and bitter it is to have lost the Lord.”
-Prayer to St. John the Baptist


“...you were on fire with so much love that in your goodness you prayed for the evil men that surrounded you.”
-Prayer to St. Stephen

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