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Medieval tradition and superstition is the source of the conception which has come down to us as Satan as a monster of horrid form and hideous expression, with an accompaniment of hoofs, horns, pitchfork, barbed tail, and breath of flames. This hobgoblin of the ignorant and superstitious has no reality in fact, and is the source of derision on the part of intelligent and cultured people. This very grotesque and absurd impression regarding Satan is in itself an evidence of the craft and guile of the deciever. Such a caricature serves only to excite the mockery of the intelligent, and thus disarms suspicion, prevents vigilance, and leads men to disbelieve and deny the very existence of the devil. When the world was finally aroused from the nightmare of papal superstition, and emerged from the dark ages, this farcial devil with horns and hoofs, smelling of sulphur, and spitting fire, was no longer calculated to frighten the people; and discarding this absurdity, they were then prepared to go to the other extreme, and deny the existence of all unseen powers of evil. In this way they were led to become the prey and dupes of Satan. This medieval devilism is utterly unknown to the Bible a

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Author

Carlyle Boynton Haynes

Publisher

Southern Publishing Association

Published

1920

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Christian, Christianity, Religion