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... Catholic demonology , possession by any evil spirit became limited to possession by a Christian devil . As a Christian devil , he admitted the superior power of the Chris- tian God and therefore obeyed the com- mands of a Christian ...
... Catholic demonology , possession by any evil spirit became limited to possession by a Christian devil . As a Christian devil , he admitted the superior power of the Chris- tian God and therefore obeyed the com- mands of a Christian ...
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... Catholic . The Lutherans might even be said to have been " devil oriented " -Luther's Greater Cate- chism named the Devil sixty - seven times , but Christ only sixty - three - and were just as principled as the Catholics in deciding who ...
... Catholic . The Lutherans might even be said to have been " devil oriented " -Luther's Greater Cate- chism named the Devil sixty - seven times , but Christ only sixty - three - and were just as principled as the Catholics in deciding who ...
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... Catholic town in Germany . The Silberrad faction strongly objected to this show of mercy . Else's two sisters , Adelheid and Helene , apparently did not come to trial , for the other councilors , on February 4 , 1602 , turned against ...
... Catholic town in Germany . The Silberrad faction strongly objected to this show of mercy . Else's two sisters , Adelheid and Helene , apparently did not come to trial , for the other councilors , on February 4 , 1602 , turned against ...
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