Germanus: We often read in holy Scripture that God has created evil or brought it upon men, as is this passage: "There is none beside Me. I am the Lord, and there is none else: I form the light and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil." [1379] And again: "Shall there be evil in a city which the Lord hath not done?" [1380]

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Footnotes:

[1379] Isaiah 45:6, 7.

[1380] Amos 3:6.