theodicy
noun
a vindication of the divine attributes, particularly holiness and justice, in establishing or allowing the existence of physical and moral evil.
theodicies
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pluralof theodicy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But I enjoy mulling them over, just as I enjoy thinking about theodicies, which seek to explain why a loving, all-powerful God would create such a painful, unfair world.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 15, 2020
This could be one reason why almost all theodicies have about them a pathetic quality and seem sometimes undignified exertions of the mind.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have not tried to state and criticize the numerous theodicies which man's restless intellect has constructed.
From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Roy Wood Sellars
I am free to confess that theodicies of all sorts strike me as proofs of the inapplicability of the religious view of the world.
From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Roy Wood Sellars
