Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series I/Volume IV/Manichaean Controversy/Concerning the Nature of Good/Chapter 17

Chapter 17.—Nature, in as Far as It is Nature, No Evil.

No nature, therefore, as far as it is nature, is evil; but to each nature there is no evil except to be diminished in respect of good.&#160; But if by being diminished it should be consumed so that there is no good, no nature would be left; not only such as the Manich&#230;ans introduce, where so great good things are found that their exceeding blindness is wonderful, but such as any one can introduce.