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Satan: The Early Christian Tradition

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1982

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The paper aims to conclude on the contemporary understanding of Satan by synthesizing historical sources and providing a bibliography index. It achieves this by compiling and organizing primary texts and secondary literature on Satan across early Christian traditions. The other section lists the book’s table of contents, including Preface, The Devil, The Apostolic Fathers, The Apologetic Fathers and the Gnostics, Human Sin and Redemption, Mercy and Damnation, Dualism and the Desert, Satan and Saint Augustine, and a concluding essay with sources, bibliography, and index.

Abstract

Preface 1. The Devil 2. The Apostolic Fathers 3. The Apologetic Fathers and the Gnostics 4. Human Sin and Redemption: Irenaeus and Tertullian 5. Mercy and Damnation: The Alexandrians 6. Dualism and the Desert 7. Satan and Saint Augustine 8. Conclusion: Satan Today Essay on the Sources Bibliography Index