Does God Create Evil?

The Institutes, the Conferences and On the Incarnation

The Conferences, Conference 6

Does God Create Evil?

We often read in Holy Scripture that God has created evil or brought it upon people, as in this passage: “There is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is no other. I form the light and create darkness; I make peace and create evil.” And again: “Shall there be evil in a city which the Lord has not done?”