The History of HellA "lively...generously illustrated" (Washington Post Book World) survey of how, over the past four thousand years, religious leaders, artists, writers, and ordinary people in the West have visualized Hell-its location, architecture, purpose, and inhabitants. Illustrations; full-color inserts. |
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Page 47
... Devil had many Christian proponents , however , as did the idea that matter , very much including the human body , was inherently evil and gross . References to the Devil or Satan as the god or prince of this world were common , as in ...
... Devil had many Christian proponents , however , as did the idea that matter , very much including the human body , was inherently evil and gross . References to the Devil or Satan as the god or prince of this world were common , as in ...
Page 68
... Devil ? Some of the early church fathers thought exactly that , but others were outraged by the idea - how could the Devil presume to bargain with God ? Though Nicodemus does not exploit it , the device of separating Satan and Hades is ...
... Devil ? Some of the early church fathers thought exactly that , but others were outraged by the idea - how could the Devil presume to bargain with God ? Though Nicodemus does not exploit it , the device of separating Satan and Hades is ...
Page 77
... Devil and his angels proved the theory of free will . Predestination would imply that God knowingly created crea- tures of evil , which was unacceptable . Origen , following Clement on both free will and the descent of bad angel and ...
... Devil and his angels proved the theory of free will . Predestination would imply that God knowingly created crea- tures of evil , which was unacceptable . Origen , following Clement on both free will and the descent of bad angel and ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Great Below | 5 |
The Egyptian Book of the Dead | 12 |
Copyright | |
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