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Illustration of the Devil on Codex Gigas, early thirteenth century. Satan, [a] also known as the Devil (cf. a devil), [b] is an entity in Abrahamic religions who seduces humans into sin (or falsehood). In Judaism, Satan is seen as an agent subservient to God, typically regarded as a metaphor for the yetzer hara, or 'evil inclination'.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. The English Standard Version translates the passage as: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. The Novum Testamentum Graece text is:
Satan is seen not only as an important deity but a powerful and sentient being responsible for the creation of humanity. [294] [292] Satan is also revered by JoS as "the true father and creator God of humanity", [295] the bringer of knowledge, and whose desire is for his creations, humans, to elevate themselves through knowledge and understanding.
Therefore, the devil is only able to pursue evil as long as God allows. Evil has no ontological reality, but is defined by deficits or a lack of existence, in Origen's cosmology. Therefore, the devil is considered most remote from the presence of God, and those who adhere to the devil's will follow the devil's removal from God's presence. [110]
Kant further argues that a (spiritual) devil would be a contradiction. If the devil would be defined by doing evil, the devil had no free choice in the first place. But if the devil had no free-choice, the devil could not have been held accountable for his actions, since he had no free will but was only following his nature. [135]
Matthew 4:4 is the fourth verse of the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Jesus, who has been fasting in the desert, has just been tempted by Satan to make bread from stones to relieve his hunger, and in this verse he rejects this idea.
An animated horror comedy featuring Danny DeVito as the voice of Satan is “clearly evil,” says a Republican congressman from Louisiana whose Facebook post denouncing “Little Demon” had ...
The Sigil of Lucifer, a symbol of Lucifer, used by modern Luciferians William Blake's illustration of Lucifer as presented in John Milton's Paradise Lost. Luciferianism is a belief system that venerates the essential characteristics that are affixed to Lucifer, the name of various mythological and religious figures associated with the planet Venus.