The Enchiridion 10

St Augustine of Hippo (AD 354–430) · De fide spe et charitate · PL 40, 230–290

10 The Supremely Good Creator Made All Things Good PL 40, 236

By the Trinity, thus supremely and equally and unchangeably good, all things were created; and these are not supremely and equally and unchangeably good, but yet they are good, even taken separately. Taken as a whole, however, they are very good, because their ensemble constitutes the universe in all its wonderful order and beauty.

Contra Manichaeorum haeresim de origine mali. Ab hac summe et aequaliter et immutabiliter bona Trinitate creata sunt omnia, et nec summe, nec aequaliter, nec immutabiliter bona, sed tamen bona etiam singula: simul vero universa valde bona ; quia ex omnibus consistit universitatis admirabilis pulchritudo.

Philip Schaff (ed.), Buffalo/New York: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886-1889. Public domain: English translation first published 1885-1900 (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series). Latin: Migne, Patrologia Latina (1844-1855), public domain; transcription from Corpus Corporum (University of Zurich).