![]() i, "Firmiter credimus"), wherein, after saying that God in the beginning had created together two creatures, the spiritual and the corporeal, that is to say the angelic and the earthly, and lastly man, who was made of both spirit and body, the council continues: The authoritative teaching of the Church on this topic is set forth in the decrees of the Fourth Lateran Council (cap. Mention is made of the Devil in many passages of the Old and New Testaments, but there is no full account given in any one place, and the Scripture teaching on this topic can only be ascertained by combining a number of scattered notices from Genesis to Apocalypse, and reading them in the light of patristic and theological tradition. It thus answers to the Hebrew name Satan which signifies an adversary, or an accuser. For the Greek word (from diaballein, "to traduce") means a slanderer, or accuser, and in this sense it is applied to him of whom it is written "the accuser of our brethren is cast forth, who accused them before our God day and night" ( Apocalypse 12:10). ![]() Gregory says of the word angel, "nomen est officii, non naturæ"-the designation of an office, not of a nature. With the article ( ho) it denotes Lucifer, their chief, as in Matthew 25:41, "the Devil and his angels". ![]() The name commonly given to the fallen angels, who are also known as demons ( see DEMONOLOGY). Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more — all for only $19.99. Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download.
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