QUESTION 49

THE CAUSE OF EVIL

(In Three Articles)

We next inquire into the cause of evil. Concerning this there are

three points of inquiry:

(1) Whether good can be the cause of evil?

(2) Whether the supreme good, God, is the cause of evil?

(3) Whether there be any supreme evil, which is the first cause of

all evils?

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