Unde malum, “whence evil?” was the famous question of the early third-century Church father, Tertullian.19 Where does evil come from? If it is part of God’s creation, God becomes responsible for evil and its effects. If it is not, God is not supreme, but only one half of a dualistic principle in the universe. Put differently, if God creates evil, he is not good; if he doesn’t, he is not God.
