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What We Discussed | Show Notes
John of Damascus, An Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, Book II Chapters 3-4
St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, First Part Question 108
Dionysius the Areopagite, The Celestial Hierarchy
Overview:
Minutes 00:00-12:00 – What it means that the fallen angels fell out of envy and pride (Wis 2:24, Job 41).
Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Evil is not a matter of dualism or yin and yang; the demons are inferior creatures and entirely subject to the will of God; the progression of a theology of evil in the Scriptures
Minutes 24:01-36:00 – Scriptural names and characteristics of evil; Leviathan, Rahab, and Babylonian and extra-biblical mythologies
Minutes 36:01-48:00 – Tolkein’s view of mythology and Scripture; John of Damascus “Concerning the Devil and Demons”