Quiz about basic knowledge of Christianity

Evil is a perverted action of the will of created beings that violates the Divine will and leads to falling away from God. Evil has no independent essence. Evil is only the absence of good, as darkness is the absence of light. The cause of evil is in the free will of man: evil always answers the question "who" and not "what".

God is not the Creator of evil. Evil has always been seen by the Church Fathers as opposition to the Good, a detriment to the good (just as darkness is the absence of light, and disease is a detriment, a lack of health).

The cause of evil is not rooted in God, but in the free will of reasonably free beings. Free will is the greatest Divine gift. Without this freedom, neither angel nor man would have the possibility of voluntary determination to the Good.

If man did not have the potentiality to sin, he would never become virtuous, for virtue implies precisely a free, not an unconditional, irresistible desire for the good.

By allowing His creatures to do evil, God allows them to realize the freedom with which He Himself gave them. However, this does not mean that God does not fight against evil at all. God the Father sent His Son into the world to deliver us from the influence of evil, who not only taught us how to live, but also suffered and died for us. God helps everyone who strives to do good by protecting him from evil influences both from outside and inside.

- In recent times it is very common to encounter the same, almost standard reaction of modern man to misfortune. When a great sorrow happens, a person asks: "Well, where have You been, Lord?".

- It is easier for a Christian to answer that question. If a person out of the depths of grief asks: "Where have You been, Lord?" - For the Christian the answer is obvious: In the depths of suffering He was before you. You were not there yet, but He was already on the Cross of Calvary.

Deacon Andrew