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... evil ; the saint's eyes were opened , and he saw a multitude of devils " as numerous as bees . " Alphonsus de Spina in 1459 thought one - third of the original angels became devils , specifically 133 , 306 , 668. One sixteenth - century ...
... evil ; the saint's eyes were opened , and he saw a multitude of devils " as numerous as bees . " Alphonsus de Spina in 1459 thought one - third of the original angels became devils , specifically 133 , 306 , 668. One sixteenth - century ...
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... evil thoughts . . . an evil eye " Mark vii . Matthew made the link between the evil eye and the evil person or witch : " If thine eye be evil , thy whole body shall be full of darkness . " Christ himself gave an example when he cursed ...
... evil thoughts . . . an evil eye " Mark vii . Matthew made the link between the evil eye and the evil person or witch : " If thine eye be evil , thy whole body shall be full of darkness . " Christ himself gave an example when he cursed ...
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... evil spirits . Kittredge , Witchcraft in Old and New England ( Cambridge , Mass . , 1929 ) , adds : " No case has ever been cited in which a man or woman was put to death for this offense alone [ digging up the dead , a new clause ] ...
... evil spirits . Kittredge , Witchcraft in Old and New England ( Cambridge , Mass . , 1929 ) , adds : " No case has ever been cited in which a man or woman was put to death for this offense alone [ digging up the dead , a new clause ] ...
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