Better to Reign in Hell, Than Serve In Heaven: Satan's Metamorphosis From a Heavenly Council Member to the Ruler of Pandaemonium

by Allan Edwin Charles Wright

Book Overview

In this monograph, I argue that Satan was not perceived as a universal malevolent deity, the embodiment of evil, or the "ruler of Pandaemonium" within first century Christian literature or even within second and third century Christian discourses as some scholars have insisted. Instead, for early "Christian" authors, Satan represented a pejorative term used to describe terrestrial, tangible, and concrete social realities, perceived of as adversaries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1622734696
• ISBN13: 9781622734696
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Vernon Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"