b) Describe what St Augustine taught about the origin of evil

Question 1

 God made a perfect world - he did not create evil and suffering
 Evil and suffering exist because of free-will
 Evil is not a thing in itself – it is just the absence of good (it is a “privation”)
 Evil helps us to appreciate the good more
 God always brings good out of evil.
 (Enchiridion 3.11)