This is an unpublished “book” by the famed Reformed apologist Cornelius Van Til that was put together by Monergism.com!
AVAILABLE IN EPUB, MOBI AND .PDF FORMATS
Here’s the website description:
In treating of Evil in relation to Theodicy it is quite impossible to leave out of consideration metaphysics and epistemology. The views of sin will vary as the conceptions of God and man vary. If we view God as infinite, eternal, and immutable in His being, intelligence, and will, and man his organic creation, if we accept the supernatural, grant the need of special revelation, accept the fact of special revelation and the fall of man, we must needs also come to the Biblical view of sin with redemption and restoration. If on the other hand we deny these premises, we must begin with man and experience as we find them, and construct our own views as to the nature of God and man and therefore also of sin, and we come to a fundamentally different theory of Theodicy.
We have accordingly two main theories of evil and two kinds of theodicy. The one is the product of a system of thought that bows before the authority of supernatural revelation and studies the phenomena of experience in the light of the Scriptures. The other is the product of the philosopher who also views the phenomena of experience but feels that it devolves upon him as a rational creature to give an account of things to himself, and that he is able to do so. This may lead him to skepticism or phenomenalism but he will not seek aid from supernatural revelation. “The philosopher as philosopher and irrespectively of his attitude toward the Christian faith, approaches a question as if there were no truth which claimed to be revealed. For him the plan of the world may or may not have been divinely disclosed to man; it awaits discovery or interpretation through the exercise of reason.”
Here’s the table of content:
Part 1—Philosophy
Introduction
Epistemological Basis
Greek Philosophy—Plato
Aristotle
Stoicism And Epicureanism
Philo
Plotinus
Modern Philosophy
Descartes
Spinoza
Locke And Empiricism
Berkeley And Hume
Leibniz
Kant
Hegel
F. R. Tennant
Conclusion
Part 2—Theological
Augustine
Augustine
Mediaeval Scholasticism And Mysticism
Calvin And The Reformation
Lutheranism
Arminianism
Schleiermacher And Müller
Neo-Calvinism
Bavinck
God Is His Own Theodicy
Bibliography
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Um. I am concerned about its authenticity. How do I really know if it was edited. The original format for Google books scanned…just sayin.
Elisabeth Thunderberry
Hey Elisabeth Thunderberry,
Good question! I can’t be 100 percent sure but Monergism is a trusted Reformed site for Reformed resources. If you clicked on the PDF, the link actually comes from presupp101.wordpress.com; I know the guy who runs that site and he’s a Presuppositional apologist himself. It seems a lot of the books he provided comes from the Van Til collection for Logos that was made into a CD some years ago, and while I don’t know for sure if anyone is tampered with, I think the guys with P&R (publisher) and Logos probably had the original and these guys just shared them as it is.
I don’t know if it helps you or not….God bless you! Hope you drop by again!
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VanTil went to Calvin College prior to heading to Princeton for seminary then his PhD in philosophy at the more secular Princeton College.
Nothing about evil contradict the core of the Gospel
Thanks for this defense. You take care of yourself. The world NEEDS more ppl like YOU! ❤️
If you have the ability to read something longer and more complex than a meme, you need to read this.