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The Purpose of Creation | The Eastern Fathers & The Problem of Evil | Part 5 of 6

The Purpose of Creation | The Eastern Fathers & The Problem of Evil | Part 5 of 6

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https://www.academia.edu/41586437/The_Metaphysical_Idealism_of_the_Eastern_Church_Fathers


In this fifth installment on the Problem of Evil, Dr. Jacobs examines the patristic narrative, exploring how the early church fathers understood creation's purpose and humanity's relationship with the divine. The episode investigates the Genesis narrative through a patristic lens, revealing how creation was designed for communion and participation in divine life. Learn how partaking in the divine will offers a framework for understanding evil not as God's creation, but as a privation of good.


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00:00:00 Intro

00:10:22 The nature of God

00:41:58 God & Creation

01:02:32 Why even create creatures with free will?

01:05:31 The Genesis creation narrative

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