theodicy

Etymology
, from +,  in his 1710 work  (Essays of Theodicy on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil), commonly known as Théodicée.

Noun

 * 1)  A justification of a deity or of particular attributes of a deity; specifically, a justification of the existence of evil and suffering in the world; a work or discourse justifying the ways of God.
 * 2) * 2000 [Kluwer Academic], Charles Seymour, A Theodicy of Hell, 2010, Springer, Softcover reprint, page 195,
 * In general, my theodicy of hell is more congenial to those denominations with less rigidly defined doctrinal systems.
 * Does this mean I have allowed theodicy to encroach on theology, contrary to my avowed purpose?

Translations

 * Catalan: teodicea
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 神义论,
 * Czech: theodicea
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: teodiike
 * Finnish: pahan ongelma
 * French:
 * Georgian:, თეოდიკეა
 * German:
 * Hungarian: teodícea, teodicea, theodicea,, istenigazolás
 * Italian:
 * Occitan: teodicea
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: teodiceia
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: teodicéproblemet
 * Tagalog: palabathalaan, teodisea
 * Turkish: