History of the Devil Name_____________________ 1.)What are the origins of the idea of Satan?

2.)What did the word Satan originally mean?

3.)Where did the idea of the ultimate evil being come from?

4.)What greek God shaped our ideas of Satan?

5.)How did Jerusalem Gehenna shape the idea of hell?

6.)How did the number 666 come about and what does it mean?

7.)At the dawn of the Christian era what does Satan look like?

8.)Constantine the Great used Satan to keep power. How?

9.)How and why was Pan discredited? What did he originally represent?

10.)What did the Catholic church do to the Cathars and why?

11.)The Inquisition resulted in what? Why could you not be cleared of herrsy?

12.)How were charges of heresy materially motivated?

13.)Why is friday the 13 considered unlucky?

14.)Dame Alice was accused of witchcraft. Most accused of witchcraft were woman. Why?

15.)What is the Hammer of Witches (The Malleus Maleficarum)?

16.)Who was Mary Glover?

17.)What happened in the 1700s to change the idea of Satan?

18.)What does the devil want in the 1700s and what does he offer in return?

19.)How does the devil become admired in the Romantic era?

20.)How is satan used in marketing in a consumer society?

21.)Who is Anton LaVey?

22.)What movies appeared in the 60s that traded on the fascination with satan?

23.)What was the satanic panic?

24.)How did the US government frame Sept 11 in relation to traditional ideas of Satan?

25.)What measure did the US government take that were like early christian means of dealing with satan?