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  2. List of occult symbols - Wikipedia

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    The alchemical symbol for the sun and various sun gods. Also the alchemical symbol for gold which is the metal represented by the Sun which is the astral counterpart. Cross of Saint Peter (Petrine Cross) Peter requested to be crucified upside down, as he felt unworthy to die in the same manner as Christ. Used as a symbol of Saint Peter. A very ...

  3. Devil in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Society of Jesus, said that Satan is a symbol, the personification of evil, but not a person and not a "personal reality"; four months later, he said that the devil is real, and his power is a malevolent force. [191]

  4. Christian symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Color Symbolism in The Bible An in depth study on symbolic color occurrence in The Bible. Christian Symbol Wood Carvings Forty symbols at Kansas Wesleyan University; Old Christian Symbols from book by Rudolf Koch; Christian Symbols, Origins and Meanings; Tree of Jesse Directory by Malcolm Low. Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine ...

  5. Devil - Wikipedia

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    Some parts of the Bible, which do not refer to an evil spirit or Satan at the time of the composition of the texts, are interpreted as references to the Devil in Christian tradition. [20] Genesis 3 mentions the serpent in the Garden of Eden , which tempts Adam and Eve into eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and ...

  6. Evil - Wikipedia

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    In many Abrahamic religions, demons are considered to be evil beings and are contrasted with angels, who are their good contemporaries. Evil, by one definition, is being bad and acting out morally incorrect behavior; or it is the condition of causing unnecessary pain and suffering, thus containing a net negative on the world. [1]

  7. Serpents in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The symbol of a serpent or snake played important roles in the religious traditions and cultural life of ancient Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Canaan. [1] The serpent was a symbol of evil power and chaos from the underworld as well as a symbol of fertility, life, healing, and rebirth. [2]

  8. Apple (symbolism) - Wikipedia

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    The classical Greek word μῆλον (mēlon), or dialectal μᾶλον (mālon), now a loanword in English as melon, meant tree fruit in general, [6] but was borrowed into Latin as mālum, meaning 'apple'. The similarity of this word to Latin mălum, meaning 'evil', may also have influenced the apple's becoming interpreted as the biblical ...

  9. Golden calf - Wikipedia

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    Samiri fashioned the gold into a golden calf along with the dust on which the angel Gabriel had trodden, which he proclaimed to be the God of Moses and the God who had guided them out of Egypt. [19] There is a sharp contrast between the Quranic and the biblical accounts of the prophet Aaron's actions.