... scheme of things. God created 'ex nihilo', not 'ex Deo', therefore Augustine holds that God is perfect, but the beings he has created are less than perfect, as they were not made from God, and therefore can corrupt and be corrupted. God created humanity with true moral autonomy, and has free will, and as free beings we have the choice to commit evil, and thus evil is not at the hands of God, but rather the fault of man. Augustine further argues that evil is the result of man's fall from grace, and humanities relationship with God. God foresaw man's fall from the foundation of the world and planned their redemption through Christ. Augustine makes it clear that God predestined the fall of the angels, and in the case of Adam, God assumes that man is in a state of guilt and condemnation. All of humanity are 'sinners', because ...

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