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The word mammon was a standard one for money or possessions, and in the literature of the period it is generally not a pejorative term. Frequently Jews were called upon to honour God with their mammon, by making donations. Some other texts, such as 1 Enoch, do use the pursuit of mammon as a negative contrast to the pursuit of holiness ...
During the Middle Ages, Mammon was commonly personified as the demon of wealth and greed. Thus Peter Lombard (II, dist. 6) says, "Riches are called by the name of a devil, namely Mammon, for Mammon is the name of a devil, by which name riches are called according to the Syrian tongue." Piers Plowman also regards Mammon as a deity.
Mammon is portrayed as the son of Lucifer, and uses the model "Infested Kerrigan" in the well known Heaven's Last Defense map in the realm of StarCraft. In the SNES RPG Chrono Trigger, the plot involves a device known as the Mammon Machine, created by Queen Zeal, who believed it would make her kingdom the most wealthy and powerful.
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Mammon's name was first revealed in a Spawn video game: Mammon appeared as a supporting character in Spawn: Armageddon voiced by Andre Sogliuzzo, [2] and the announcement for the game was the first time the character had been directly named. Prior to this announcement he was only known by the fan-created nickname, Mr. Hell.
John Milton invented the name in Paradise Lost (1667), as "A solemn Council forthwith to be held at Pandæmonium, the high Capitol, of Satan and his Peers" [Book I, Lines 754-756], which was built by the fallen angels at the suggestion of Mammon.
From January 2008 to May 2009, if you bought shares in companies when James R. Houghton joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -24.9 percent return on your investment, compared to a -39.2 percent return from the S&P 500.
Oeillet was a prince of Dominions. He tempts men to break the vow of poverty and is opposed by St. Martin. Rosier was the second in the order of Dominions. He tempts men against sexual purity and is opposed by St. Basil. Belias was the prince of Virtues. He tempts men with arrogance and women to be vain, raise wanton children, and gossip during ...