Fallen angel Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Philosophy === In [[Western philosophy]], the devil was understood as a personal identity of evil in opposition to good. Its conception as a fallen angel, in contrast to [[Manichaeism|Manichaeistic]] [[Prince of Darkness (Manichaeism)|absolute evil]], allowed to avoid two separate ontological principles.<ref>Karl Rahner, “Devil - The Devil”, in: Sacramentum Mundi Online, General Editor Karl Rahner, SJ. Consulted online on 08 February 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-483X_smuo_COM_001082> First published online: 2016</ref> [[Theodicy]], the question of how evil can exist simultaneously with the existence of an all-powerful and all-good God, may utilize the concept of fallen angels to explain [[natural evil]]. Accordingly, the angels would have great power, and by exercising havoc over the earth, they cause suffering and misery, manifesting in natural disasters. Accordingly, natural evil can be traced back to free-will (in that case of super-human agents). Opponents argue that this implies that fallen angels have supernatural powers to influence the world, powers left unproven, thus falling into a ''[[God of the gaps|devil of the gaps]]''.<ref>Dunnington, Kent. "The Problem with the Satan Hypothesis: Natural Evil and Fallen Angel Theodicies." Sophia 57.2 (2018): 265-274.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page