innocence. So there is growth and renewal. Unlike the Irenaean theodicy, however, that growth and renewal have a moral basis, both in the moral character of the evil from which Christ came to redeem us, and in the moral character of the atonement itself. There is one further and final aspect of this that ought not to be forgotten. Not only is mankind subject to logic, God is as well. As it is impossible for a person to be forgiven who has not committed a fault, so it is impossible for God to forgive,