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In contrast, according to Yair Hoffman, the ancient books of the Hebrew Bible do not show an awareness of the theological problem of evil, and even most later biblical scholars did not touch the question of the problem of evil. [99] In the Bible, all characterizations of evil and suffering assert the view of "a God who is greater than suffering ...
This is in contrast to parts of the Bible that describe the devil as traveling about the earth, like Job 1:6–7 [231] and 1 Peter 5:8, [232] discussed above. On the other hand, 2 Peter 2:4 [233] speaks of sinning angels chained in hell. [234] At least according to Revelation 20:10, [87] the devil is thrown into the Lake of Fire and Sulfur.
The evolution of the Devil in Christianity is such an example of early ritual and imagery that showcase evil qualities, as seen by the Christian churches. Since Early Christianity , demonology has developed from a simple acceptance of the existence of demons to a complex study that has grown from the original ideas taken from Jewish demonology ...
Accordingly Augustine includes two things in the definition of sin; one, pertaining to the substance of a human act, and which is the matter, so to speak, of sin, when he says, word, deed, or desire; the other, pertaining to the nature of evil, and which is the form, as it were, of sin, when he says, contrary to the eternal law.
Warfare represents a special category of biblical violence and is a topic the Bible addresses, directly and indirectly, in four ways: there are verses that support pacifism, and verses that support non-resistance; 4th century theologian Augustine found the basis of just war in the Bible, and preventive war which is sometimes called crusade has also been supported using Bible texts.
A detail from Hieronymus Bosch's depiction of Hell (16th century). In Christian theology, Hell is the place or state into which, by God's definitive judgment, unrepentant sinners pass in the general judgment, or, as some Christians believe, immediately after death (particular judgment).
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The text is unambiguous, the word here translated as evil is the same one routinely used to describe Satan himself. Heinrich Meyer suggests that the meaning is that his hearers, "as compared with God, are morally evil". [1] and Harold Fowler also suggests that Jesus might simply mean that all humans are evil when compared to the perfection of ...