theodicy
pronunciation
How to pronounce theodicy in British English:
UK [θɪ'ɒdəsɪ]
How to pronounce theodicy in American English:
US [θɪ'ɒdəsɪ]
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- Noun:
- the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil
Word Origin
- theodicy (n.)
- "vindication of divine justice," 1771, from French théodicée, title of a 1710 work by Leibniz to prove the justice of God in a world with much moral and physical evil, from Greek theos "god" (see theo-) + dike "judgment, justice, usage, custom" (cognate with Latin dicere "to show, tell;" see diction). Related: Theodicean.
Example
- 1. Augustine is one of the major representatives of traditional theodicy .
- 2. Three ideas came out of that development : firstly , older forms of theodicy were inherited by modern economy .
- 3. This eliminates the theodicy ; all that paul is saying , on this view , is that god now shows that he saves sinners .