Question re Aquinas' Origin of Evil

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Well, I’m out of my league but I’ve ascribed to something like Aquinas’ theory on the existence of evil since before I heard of it. It’s pretty simple: Anything created, whether by God or by us, is inherently “less than” its’ creator. Therefore, in the case of God, Who is perfect, His creation is inherently less-than-perfect. Therein, when combined with the gift of freewill, lie the ingredients for the fall.
 
just a minor correction concerning the use of the word perfect.

PERFECTION

That in which nothing is lacking which, according to its nature, it should possess. That is absolutely perfect, which in itself has all possible excellence and excludes all deficiencies. Only God is absolutely perfect. That is absolutely perfect. That is relatively perfect which has a finite nature and possesses all the advantages corresponding to its nature. the Church teaches that God is infinite in every perfection. Creatures are as perfect as they are like God, and moral perfection consists in becoming like Christ, who is infinite God in human form.
 
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