theodicyn.

/θiːˈɒdɪsi/

Forms: Also 1800s theodice, theodicee.

Etymology: < French théodicée, the title of a work of Leibniz (1710), < Greek θεός God + δίκη justice.

The, or a, vindication of the divine attributes, esp. justice and holiness, in respect to the existence of evil; a writing, doctrine, or theory intended to ‘justify the ways of God to men’. Cf. optimism n. 1.

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theodicy1797

theodicaeaa1832

1797 D. Stewart in Encycl. Brit. XI. 481/2 Metaphysical theology, which Leibnitz and some others call theodicy.

1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 154 All the Theodices ever framed by human ingenuity before and since the attempt of the celebrated Leibnitz.

1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) v. xxix. 500 Their theodicy is based on the belief that out of all evil God will bring eternal good.

Derivatives

theodiˈcean n. one who frames or maintains a theodicy.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > doctrine concerning God or a god > [noun] > theodicy > person

theodicean1873

1873 J. Morley Rousseau I. 322 All things are for the best, said Rousseau and the theodiceans.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	theodicy
释义	theodicyn. /θiːˈɒdɪsi/ Forms: Also 1800s theodice, theodicee. Etymology: < French théodicée, the title of a work of Leibniz (1710), < Greek θεός God + δίκη justice. The, or a, vindication of the divine attributes, esp. justice and holiness, in respect to the existence of evil; a writing, doctrine, or theory intended to ‘justify the ways of God to men’. Cf. optimism n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > doctrine concerning God or a god > [noun] > theodicy theodicy1797 theodicaeaa1832 1797 D. Stewart in Encycl. Brit. XI. 481/2 Metaphysical theology, which Leibnitz and some others call theodicy. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 154 All the Theodices ever framed by human ingenuity before and since the attempt of the celebrated Leibnitz. 1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) v. xxix. 500 Their theodicy is based on the belief that out of all evil God will bring eternal good. Derivatives theodiˈcean n. one who frames or maintains a theodicy. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > doctrine concerning God or a god > [noun] > theodicy > person theodicean1873 1873 J. Morley Rousseau I. 322 All things are for the best, said Rousseau and the theodiceans. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1797
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