Does the Devil (or Satan) Exist? Friedrich Schleiermacher debates John Calvin (March 22, 2019)

John Calvin's proof for existence of Satan In the Institutes of the Christian Religion I.14.17, John Calvin argues that the devil (or satan) and demons must exist in the world, because there must exist an agent that mediates between the goodness of god and the evil happenings in the world, such […]

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Karl Barth: Believing in Demons makes us Demonic (March 9, 2016)

We do not believe in demons or deny their existence, but we must resolutely disbelieve in demons. Demons! Those fiery red devils that possess everyone. What is to be made of these evil spirits? Are they in every nook and cranny? Or has the Enlightenment evicted them from the world? Karl Barth's dialectical answer is that "we cannot […]

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John Calvin’s Proof for Satan’s Existence (October 22, 2012)

2019-03-29: An updated version of this article is available here: Does the Devil (or Satan) Exist? Friedrich Schleiermacher debates John Calvin Illustration of the Devil in the Codex Gigas, Early 13th Century John Calvin's proof for the existence of Satan in Institutes 1.14.17-18 continues to be useful, so I'm providing an extended […]

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