St. Augustine defined evil as “the absence of good.” Evil is not something. Evil is a nothing that should not be there. Evil is the absence of what ought to exist. But while “nothings” can hurt, they cannot act. You need agents who cause nothings, who do evil. That’s persons—and angels (and devils) are persons.
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Lent, evil, and Saint Michael the Archangel
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Lent, evil, and Saint Michael the Archangel
Devotion to the souls in Purgatory contains in itself all the works of mercy, which supernaturalized by a spirit of faith, should merit us Heaven. de Sales