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Although the Book of Genesis never mentions Satan, [30] Christians have traditionally interpreted the serpent in the Garden of Eden as the devil due to Revelation 12:9, [31] which describes the devil as "that ancient serpent called the Devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world; was thrown down to the earth with all his angels."
The classical underworld deities became casually interchangeable with Satan as an embodiment of Hell. [190] For instance, in the 9th century, Abbo Cernuus, the only witness whose account of the Siege of Paris survives, called the invading Vikings the "spawn of Pluto." [191] In the Little Book on Images of the Gods, Pluto is described as
This book attempts to provide an account of all the knowledge concerning superstitions and demonology. Collin de Plancy presented a hierarchy of demons based in modern European courts: Princes and dignitaries: Beelzebub, supreme chief of the empire of hell, founder of the order of the Fly. Satan, prince dethroned and chief of the opposition party.
[136] [139] This theory holds that Satan was tricked by God [136] [140] because Christ was not only free of sin, but also the incarnate Deity, whom Satan lacked the ability to enslave. [140] Irenaeus of Lyons described a prototypical form of the ransom theory, [ 136 ] but Origen was the first to propose it in its fully developed form. [ 136 ]
The geography of hell is very elaborately laid out in this work, with nine concentric rings leading deeper into Earth, and deeper into the various punishments of hell, until, at the center of the world, Dante finds Satan himself trapped in the frozen lake of Cocytus. A small tunnel leads past Satan and out to the other side of the world, at the ...
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"The form of the uncreated Majesty, before he became flesh did not consist of any elementary matter, but it was a bright shiny glory of uncompounded purities of so unutterable a nature in virtue, as that it was swifter than thought, clearer than crystal, sweeter than roses, purer than the purest gold, yea, and more infinitely glorious than the ...
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