Problem of Evil

Philosophy Essay on the Problem of Evil and the Irenaean and Augustinian Theodicies. There are two main theodicies tackling the problem of evil and they are the Augustinian and Irenaean theodicies. The Augustinian theodicy is so called because it originates from St. Augustine (354-438). He approaches the problem of evil from different ways, he did a number of writings on the problem of evil including The City Of God and The Confessions. The main thought …

…different and have varied beliefs on the way people should tackle the problem of evil. I think that if the everyday person had to choose which theodicy they would prefer I think that they would also choose the Irenaean theodicy because it is by far the easiest one to understand, but however different people have different views and many may prefer the Augustinian theodicy because people may go for the idea of evil being real.