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Christianity, evil is incarnate in the devil or Satan, a fallen angel who is the primary opponent
of God.[16][17] Christians also considered the Roman and Greek deities as devils.[5][6]
Christianity describes Satan as a fallen angel who terrorizes the world through evil,[16] is
the antithesis of truth,[18] and shall be condemned, together with the fallen angels who follow him, to
eternal fire at the Last Judgment.[16]
In mainstream Christianity, the devil is usually referred to as Satan. This is because Christian beliefs
in Satan are inspired directly by the dominant view of Second Temple Judaism, as
expressed/practiced by Jesus, and with some minor variations. Some modern Christians[who?] consider
the devil to be an angel who, along with one-third of the angelic host (the demons), rebelled
against God and has consequently been condemned to the Lake of Fire. He is described[attribution needed] as
hating all humanity (or more accurately creation), opposing God, spreading lies and wreaking havoc
on their souls.
Horns of a goat and a ram, goat's fur and ears, nose and canines of a pig; a typical depiction of the devil
in Christian art. The goat, ram and pig are consistently associated with the devil.[19] Detail of a 16th-century
painting by Jacob de Backer in the National Museum in Warsaw.
In the Book of Wisdom, the devil is represented as the one who brought death into the world.
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The Second Book of Enoch contains references to a Watcher called Satanael,[25] describing him as
the prince of the Grigori who was cast out of heaven[26] and an evil spirit who knew the difference
between what was "righteous" and "sinful".[27]
In the Book of Jubilees, Satan rules over a host of angels.[28] Mastema, who induced God to
test Abraham through the sacrifice of Isaac, is identical with Satan in both name and nature.[29] The
Book of Enoch contains references to Sathariel, thought also[by whom?] to be Sataniel and Satan'el. The
similar spellings mirror that of his angelic brethren Michael, Raphael, Uriel and G