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Tag Archives: Satan
Judas, Betrayal, and the Despair of Love
The Twelve—the gospels name them; the tradition remembers their missionary service and martyrdom; the Church acclaims them apostles and saints. With one infamous exception—Judas Iscariot. Companion, disciple, and friend, chosen by Jesus to be a representative of the new Israel, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible
Tagged betrayal, forgiveness, God, Jesus, Judas Iscariot, passion of Christ, Ray Anderson, repentance, Satan
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Annihilating Angels
Catholic theologian Paul J. Griffiths has proposed a controversial thesis: annihilation is a novissimal possibility for angels and human beings; they may find their last thing in a decreative return to the nothingness. One point needs to be clarified, though. … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology, Paul Griffiths
Tagged angels, annihilation, damnation, demons, hell, Paul Griffiths, Satan, universal salvation
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Thralls of the Metronome: The Fall of the Demons into Devastated Time
“The angels are first among creatures,” writes Paul Griffiths—“first, that is, in time, and first, also, in intimacy with the LORD. When the created order comes into being by the LORD’s fiat, the light that exists before the lights given … Continue reading
Posted in Paul Griffiths
Tagged angels, demons, Lucifer, original sin, Paul Griffiths, Satan, the Fall, time
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Ainulindalë: The Great Music and the Cacophony of Melkor
Eru teaches the Ainur his divine music and invites them to elaborate upon the theme, each according to his gifts and creativity. And so they sing, fashioning “the theme of Ilúvatar into a great music.” Their voices fill the halls … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings & Company
Tagged evil, Melkor, Morgoth, Satan, Silmarillion, theodicy, Tollkien
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Praying Out Loud: You Never Knows Who’s Listening In
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: … a time to keep silence, and a time to speak. (Eccles 3:1, 7) For the past two weeks I have been slowly reading Earthen Vessels by … Continue reading
C. S. Lewis and the Fall: Must Death Always be Evil?
“For God is life, and the privation of life is death,” writes St Basil the Great. “Therefore Adam prepared death for himself through his withdrawal from God, in accord with what is written, ‘Behold, those who remove themselves from you … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings & Company
Tagged angels, C. S. Lewis, death, evil, original sin, Satan, sin, the Fall
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Rational Freedom and the Incoherence of Satan
“Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.” I know this declaration makes great drama; and I know that ever since Milton composed Paradise Lost we cannot but think of Lucifer’s fall from grace as anything but a prideful, … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology
Tagged damnation, free will, freedom, hell, libertarian freedom, Milton, Paradise Lost, Satan, Thomas Talbott
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Good news and bad news: All are saved … Satan too
Elder Paisios once fasted and prayed for two weeks for the eternal salvation of the devil. While praying he saw a dog’s head sticking his tongue out and mocking him. Paisios concluded from this incident that “God is ready to … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology, Isaac the Syrian
Tagged demons, divine love, divine mercy, gospel, grace, hell, Isaac of ninevah, Satan, universalism
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