![]() ![]() He speaks of the reward of "the good and faithful" He compares the last judgment to the selection made by fishermen who gather the good fishes into vessels, but cast the bad away (Math. ![]() Even the details of the two stories of temptation possess many features of resemblance.Ĭhrist is very impressive in depicting the evil consequences of sin. The Jesus of the Gospels is said to have been tempted by the Devil in much the same way that Buddha was tempted by Mâra, the Evil One. Nevertheless, he speaks, upon the whole, less of the Devil than do his contemporaries. Jesus follows the common belief of the time in attributing mental diseases to the possession of demons, and we may assume that he shared the popular view. Paul, and very often in the revelation of St. Satan is mentioned repeatedly by the scribes and the people of Israel in the synoptic gospels, by the Apostles, especially by St. THE EVIL ONE played an important part in the imagination of the people in the time of Christ. History of the Devil, by Paul Carus,, at ![]()
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