The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day (1899)
Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 · Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co.; London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner · leaf 247
differ-ent ideas associated with the serpent.To the people of the Orient the limb-less serpent was a s^mbol of niysterj-,and represented health and immortal-ity. Eusebius (I., 7) informs us: The serpent never dies naturally, but only when injured byviolence, whence the Phcenicians have named it the… … GREECE AND ITALY. 229 was a religion which in many respects resembled Chris-tianity. Their sacred symbol was the cross, as we knowthrough Christian authors, and Emperor Adrian (nomean authority in such matters) speaks of Serapis wor-shippers as Christians, saying that those who…
Devil · Demonology · Good and evil
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