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What is the name for belief when a person believes that Devil exists but is not so sure about the God part?
What is the name for belief when a person believes that Devil exists but is not so sure about the God part?
The short answer is confused.
One can not accept the notion of evil without existence of ...
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What is the genre of "The Screwtape Letters"?
The only other story in this vein I've ever read was The Loser Letters There also is a follow-up to The Screwtape Letters called Screwtape Proposes a Toast.
As for the genre, I looked it up in my ...
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Can a nation be under the control of a demon?
Can a nation be under the control of a demon?
Ponder the mysterious words of the Prophet Isaiah:
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that ...
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Why and how should demonic items be blessed before being destroyed?
Why and how should demonic items be blessed before being destroyed?
The Vatican exorcist Fr. Gabriele Amorth in his book An Exorcist Tells His Story explained that he learned how to do exorcism from ...
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According to the Catholic Church, has Satan ever appeared on earth since biblical times?
According to the Catholic Church, has Satan ever appeared on earth since biblical times?
It is rather hard to get a clear and unambiguous yes answer to this question, but it is permitted for the ...
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What is the genre of "The Screwtape Letters"?
I have a copy of ‘The Screwtape Letters’ and found it insightful, even if it was written “tongue-in-cheek”. At least it came from the pen of a Christian and illustrates how the spiritual forces of ...
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What is the genre of "The Screwtape Letters"?
What is the genre of "The Screwtape Letters"?
I am sure there may be several ways to characterize this type of Christian fiction, but I believe ”Christian demonic fiction” would be quite ...
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What is the genre of "The Screwtape Letters"?
Arena, by Karen Hancock, is science fiction, but set in contemporary times, and has a demonic-ish character.
She also wrote a series, "Legends of the Guardian King", which is fantasy in a ...
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Can God and Unclean Spirits dwell in the same human being at the same time?
Can God and Unclean Spirits dwell in the same human being at the same time?
It would seem that the possibility does exist that both God and Unclean Spirits could dwell in a human being at the same ...
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Can a nation be under the control of a demon?
In the book An exorcist tells his story, Gabriele Amorth says the following (Italian EDG edition, page 182-183):
E' possibile che il demonio si serva di una persona per colpire gruppi anche ...
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According to Catholicism, can an entire nation be possessed by a demon?
In Matthew 8 read with Mark 5, we see Jesus allowing many evil spirits who called themselves Legion, enter pigs. 2000 plus swines then take a uniform decision to drown in the sea . Now, possession of ...
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According to Catholicism, who is the leader of devils?
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All four Bible citations talk about the same devil, as Satan, Lucifer, and Beelzebub are different personalities (and names) of the same devil according to the Roman Catholic tradition,[citation ...
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Basis for belief that a person can be "possessed by" a demon?
Maybe some general background helps to understand a more balanced understanding of the original term:
Origin of the Term
The Greek verb daimonizomai originally had a broad application. The Gospels use ...
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