Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Catholic

Evil

Select a Category Abortion Abraham abuse Aesthetics AI Aliens Ambrose Ancestors and Everything Andrew Angels Animals Anne Anthony Antisemitism apologetics Apophatic Apostle John Aquinas Artificial Intelligence Asanga Ascension Asceticism Assumption Atheism Attachment Augustine Authority Avarice Balthasar Baptism Beauty Biden birthright citizenship Bishops Black History Books Buddhism Bulgakov Byzantine Calendar C.S. Lewis Calcidius Catholic Catholicism Catholicism Celibacy Charity Chastity children Chrismation Christ Christmas Christology Church Climate Change Common Good Communion Confession Confirmation Conscience Constantine conventions conversion councils Covid Creation Cross Dead Death Death Penalty Debate Deception Demagogues Demons Desert Monks Desert Mothers Desire destruction development Dialogue Dignity Dionsyius Dionysius Discipline Diversity Division Doctor Who doctrine dogma Dormition Dualism Easter Easter Series Ecumenical Councils Ecumenism Education Election Empathy Environment Error Eschatology eschaton Eternity Ethics Eucharist Evangelism Eve Evil evolution Faeries Faith Fear femininity Ficino Florence Florensky Folktale Fools Forgiveness Freedom Future gender Gentile Gentiles Glory Gnostic God gods Good Samaritan Goodness Gospel Government Grace Great Fast Guns Hate healing Health Heaven Hell Hellenism Heresy Hierarchy Hildegard Hinduism History Holiness Holy Spirit Holy Week Hope Horror Human rights humanity Humility hypocrisy ICE icon icons Identification Identity Idol II Nicea Immigration incarnation Individualism Informal Reflections Inklings Intention Inter-Religious Interfaith Internet Interpretation Intrinsic evil Irenaeus Islam Israel Jacob Jerome Jesus Jews John Chrysostom John of Damascus John the Baptist Joseph Judaism justice Justification kenosis Kindnesss Kingdom of God Kingdom of Heaven Law Law of Moses Lazarus Leaf by Niggle Lent Lenten Reflection Liberation Theology Lies Life Listen Literature Liturgy locutions Logic Logos Love Marriage Martyrs Mary Mass Maximos The Confessor Meanness Meditation Mercy Middle Path Migrants Mind Miracles Miriam Morals Moses Movies Music Muslims Myths Names Nationalism Native Americans New Year Nicea Nicholas Nothing Novatian Obedience Occam's Razor Ordination Origen Original Sin Orthodox orthopraxis Pagans Palamas Palm Sunday Paradise Paschaltide Paul Peace Pentecost person Peter piety PKD Plato pluralism Plurality Poem Poetry Poiltics Politics Poor Pope Pope Francis Pope Leo XIV Post Office Prayer Pride Pro-life Prodigal Son propaganda Prophecy Prophets Providence Putin Racism Reading Reason Reflection Refugees Relationships Religion Religion Series Religious Liberty Repent Republicans Rest Resurrection Rich Rites Russia Sacraments Saints Salvation Salvian Santa Science Scripture Self-Giving Sexuality Sibyl Sick Silence Sin Singlehood Social Justice Society Sodom Solovyov Speculations Spiritual Reflection St. Cyril of Alexandria St. Justin Martyr Suffering Sunday of the Paralytic Man Sunday of the Samaritan Woman Superhero Supreme Court Teaching Technology Thanksgiving The Father the Universe Theological Reflection Theology Theosis Theotokos Thomas Timaeus Time Tolerenace Tolkien Tradition Transfiguration Trinity Trump Truth Uncategorized Unity Universities USCCB Value Vatican II Vegetarian Vices Violence Virtue Vocations War Water Welcome Wisdom Womanhood Women Work World View Worship Writing Zacchaeus

Select a Month October 2026 September 2026 August 2026 July 2026 June 2026 May 2026 April 2026 March 2026 February 2026 January 2026 December 2025 November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016

July 2026

July 02, 2026

Recognizing Vices Disguised As Moral Goodness

Vices, because they take on, abuse, or exaggerate some particular good, often are presented by...

March 2026

March 26, 2026

The Struggle Against Evil: Insights From St. Augustine

St. Augustine, in his exploration on evil, came to understand that evil does not exist...

March 08, 2026

Reflections For Lent 2026 Part Three: The Fall Of Adam

Scripture does not specifically provide us a singular origin for evil. It presupposes some sort...

December 2025

December 18, 2025

Genesis And The Ongoing Struggle With Good And Evil

While the creation story of Genesis, and many other stories in the book are myth...

October 2025

October 20, 2025

The Healing Power of Horror Films And Literature

In The Brother’s Karamazov, Ivan Karamazov, the would-be positivist, had a break down, and during...

September 2025

September 17, 2025

Liberation From Evil: God’s Promise Of Redemption

What God created is good; this is why, though sometimes we speak in ways contrary...

April 2025

April 16, 2025

The Distortion Of The Good: Unraveling The Essence Of Evil

Intrinsic evil is a term which is often misunderstood as indicating something is essentially (and...

October 2024

October 01, 2024

PRS* XX Halloween

Every year, I see Christians saying we must not celebrate Halloween (and possibly other holidays...

September 2024

September 11, 2024

PRS* XVII Dualism And Politics

One of the most common, and also, insidious ideological errors which pervades politics is the...

September 03, 2024

PRS* XVI The Rings Of Power

I’ve been a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien and his works for most of my life....

July 2024

July 12, 2024

The Second Death

Christian Scripture offers us a glimpse of what is to be in the eschaton, sometimes...

May 2024

May 14, 2024

Evil Must Not Be Essentialized

Everything God created, God created good. Existence, being created by God, therefore is good, which...

April 2024

April 02, 2024

Annihilation And Destruction Is The Way Of Evil, Not God

God created the world and saw it was good. As God is the source and...

January 2024

January 18, 2024

What To Do When Politicians Reveal Evil Intentions

What is in our hearts affects our souls. If we wish to do some good,...

April 2023

April 25, 2023

Prudence Is Necessary For Making Good Moral Decisions

When dealing with morality, it is one thing to talk about moral obligations in the...

October 2022

October 17, 2022

The Apocalypse Of Horror

Jesus taught the public through stories. “With many such parables he spoke the word to...

July 2022

July 26, 2022

Augustine, Free Will, And Evil

Everything which exists, insofar as it exists, is good. Everything receives its goodness from the...

July 12, 2022

All Evil Acts Come Out Of And Seek Some Good

The way so many of us think about morality, the way so many of us...

June 2022

June 06, 2022

Intrinsic Evil

Not all sins are of equal weight. This is because not every action is of...

June 02, 2022

No One Is Totally Evil

We are naturally good, and, despite whatever sin we might do, no matter what vices...

October 2021

October 18, 2021

The Monsters In The Shadows And The Light

It is darkest before the dawn, but once the light shines forth, what has been...

September 2021

September 29, 2021

Tolkien And Theodicy (Dealing With The Problem Of Evil)

The phenomenon of evil raises many questions, especially in relation to how God can be...

September 15, 2021

Tolkien And The Way To Overcome Evil

Those who work for and promote the good, those who seek justice in the world,...

August 2021

August 30, 2021

Apocalypse And History

The Apocalypse, that is, the Book of Revelation, presents to us the truth about history,...

August 23, 2021

Nothing, Not Even Hell, Is Outside Of God

Nothing lies outside of God’s presence, for God is the transcendent reality in which all...

April 2021

April 30, 2021

Laugh At Evil

There is a rather humorous story written about Abba Pambo in the Sayings of the...

March 2021

March 03, 2021

Christ, Our Divine Mother, Overcomes Evil From Within

Good does not need evil, but evil needs the good, for goodness is ontologically connected...

February 2021

February 01, 2021

Cooperation With Evil

While the should know better, many Catholics are incapable of engaging moral arguments because they...

October 2020

October 26, 2020

Evil Clowns

Many people find clowns to be extraordinarily creepy. There is something about the way they...

July 2019

July 07, 2019

Christians Must Choose Between Mammon or Christ, Avarice or Charity

Early Christian moral teaching consistently warned Christians against the evils of avarice, understanding it was...

Related posts from A Little Bit of Nothing

Catholic

Climate Change Denial And The Cost Of Willful...

A Little Bit of Nothing

Catholic

How Rigid Moralism Undermines True Christian Justice

A Little Bit of Nothing

Catholic

How Watchfulness Connects And Strengthens Every Virtue

A Little Bit of Nothing

Catholic

Proper Faith Is Active And Follows The Good...

A Little Bit of Nothing

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Subscription Support Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In

Follow Patheos