Origen on the origin of evil and the need of grace for understanding evil

"Each person's mind is responsible for the evil which exists in him, and this is what evil is. Evils are the actions which result from it. In our view nothing else is strictly speaking evil. However, I know that the problem requires an extended discussion and argument which, by the grace of God illuminating the mind, can be done by one who is judged by God to be worthy even of knowledge of this subject." (Con. Cel. IV,66)

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