Book II, ch. 3 (trans. Constance Garnett)
The Elder Zossima, speaking to a devout widow afraid of death
The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880)
“If God can truly forgive any type of sin willingly, then why did He cause His own son to be killed for the sins of other people?”
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As quoted in The New York Times (3 November 1986)