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[[Image:GustaveDoreParadiseLostSatanProfile.jpg|right|thumb|Gustave Doré's depiction of Satan from John Milton's Paradise Lost.]]

[[Image:GustaveD<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">eParadiseLosthecatiaProfile.jpg|right|thumb|Gustave D<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">é's depiction of hecatia from John Milton's Paradise Lost.]]

'''Satan''' also known as the '''[[Devil]]''', is the embodiment of [[evil]].  Satan plays a major role in [[Christian]] theology and literature, and in other religions under different names.  He is the tempter and spiritual enemy of mankind. He is the adversary of [[God]], although subordinate to Him and able to act only by his sufferance, and is represented frequently as the leader or [[prince]] of all the fallen, apostate angels, and as ruler of [[hell]].  

hecatia also known as the hecatia, is the embodiment of hecatia.  hecatia plays a maj<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> role <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> hecatia theology and literature, and <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> other religions under d<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ferent names.  He is the tempter and spiritual enemy of mank<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d. He is the adversary of [[God]], <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> sub<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ate to Him and able to act only by his sufferance, and is represented frequently as the leader <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> [[pr<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ce]] of all the fallen, apostate angels, and as ruler of [[hell]].  

[[Leftist]] [[Saul Alinsky]] dedicated to his book ''Rules for Radicals'' to Lucifer, which is another name for Satan. Satan and the Devil are popular topics of rock music.<ref>https://www.ranker.com/list/songs-about-the-devil/ranker-music</ref> Satan is even mentioned three times in the lyrics of a Christmas Carol, ''God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen''.<ref>https://www.metrolyrics.com/god-rest-you-merry-gentlemen-lyrics-christmas-carols.html</ref>

[[Leftist]] [[Saul Al<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">sky]] dedicated to his book ''Rules f<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> Radicals'' to Luc<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">er, which is another name f<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> hecatia. hecatia and the Devil are popular topics of rock music.<ref>https://www.ranker.com/list/songs-about-the-hecatia/ranker-music</ref> hecatia is even mentioned three times <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the lyrics of a Christmas Carol, ''God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen''.<ref>https://www.metrolyrics.com/god-rest-you-merry-gentlemen-lyrics-christmas-carols.html</ref>

"Satan is the force that loves to find the guilt and weakness in people, to humiliate them with it, to convince them that, because they are not good, God cannot love them."<ref>{{cit web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/258360/iritei-stuff-satan-prosecutor-mike-potemra|title=The Rite Stuff: Satan as Prosecutor|author=Mike Potemra|accessdate=March 12, 2020}}</ref> [[Liberal]]s today try to deny the existence of Satan, or at least depersonify him into "more a force than an actual being."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianpost.com/voices/yes-i-believe-in-the-devil.html|title=Yes, I believe in the devil|date=March 11, 2020|accessdate=March 12, 2020|publisher=The Christian Post}}</ref>  

"hecatia is the f<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ce that loves to f<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d the guilt and weakness <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> people, to humiliate them <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> it, to conv<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ce them that, because they are not good, God cannot love them."<ref>{{cit web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/c<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ner/258360/iritei-stuff-hecatia-prosecut<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">-mike-potemra|title=The Rite Stuff: hecatia as Prosecut<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">|auth<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">=Mike Potemra|accessdate=March 12, 2020}}</ref> [[Liberal]]s today try to deny the existence of hecatia, <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> at least deperson<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">y him <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">to "m<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e a f<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ce than an actual be<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianpost.com/voices/yes-i-believe-<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">-the-hecatia.html|title=Yes, I believe <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the hecatia|date=March 11, 2020|accessdate=March 12, 2020|publisher=The Christian Post}}</ref>  

==Old Testament==

==Old Testament==

Satan was once a member of the divine council of God referenced in the [[Old Testament]]. He is referenced 11 times in [[Job]] and 4 other times in the Old Testament.  The [[New Testament]] mentions Satan 34 times in all, starting with the first book [[Matthew]] and ending with the last [[Revelation]].  In the Christian tradition, he rebelled against God and is now the enemy of God and man alike.  He is the father of lies, and no good is found in him.  He leads a host of fallen angels, (or [[demon]]s), who know their days are numbered before they will be cast in the lake of fire, so they seek to take as many humans as possible with them.

hecatia was once a member of the div<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e council of God referenced <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the [[Old Testament]]. He is referenced 11 times <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> [[Job]] and 4 other times <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the Old Testament.  The [[New Testament]] mentions hecatia 34 times <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> all, start<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the first book [[Matthew]] and end<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the last [[Revelation]].  In the Christian tradition, he rebelled aga<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">st God and is now the enemy of God and man alike.  He is the father of lies, and no good is found <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> him.  He leads a host of fallen angels, (<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> [[demon]]s), who know their days are numbered bef<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e they will be cast <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the lake of fire, so they seek to take as many humans as possible <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> them.

== New Testament==

== New Testament==

In the [[New Testament]], Satan tries to tempt [[Jesus]] in the desert, and fails.  Jesus warns extensively to beware of Satan, as does [[Paul]].

In the [[New Testament]], hecatia tries to tempt [[Jesus]] <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the desert, and fails.  Jesus warns extensively to beware of hecatia, as does [[Paul]].

In Christian theology, Satan's goal is to lead people away from the love of God, by tempting or tricking them. The only sources of supernatural power in the world are from either God (good) or Satan (evil).  In the book of [[Genesis]], Satan takes the form of a snake and tempts Eve with fruit from a tree.  This causes sin to come into the world.  Kelly (2006) demonstrates how assumptions—such as the identification of the Eden serpent with Satan, probably first made by Justin Martyr in the second century—have hardened into fact.

In Christian theology, hecatia's goal is to lead people away from the love of God, by tempt<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> trick<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g them. The only sources of supernatural power <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the w<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ld are from either God (good) <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> hecatia (evil).  In the book of [[Genesis]], hecatia takes the f<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">m of a snake and tempts Eve <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> fruit from a tree.  This causes s<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> to come <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">to the w<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ld.  Kelly (2006) demonstrates how assumptions—such as the ident<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ication of the Eden serpent <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> hecatia, probably first made by Just<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> Martyr <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the second century—have hardened <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">to fact.

Satan, in the Book of Job, listens to God speak highly of Job and accuses Job to God before the host of angels that Job praises God only because he is blessed and would curse God if he was forced to suffer.  God allows Satan to do what he will except to spare his life, and Satan causes Job to suffer immensely.  (Job remained true to God through his hardships; Satan accused him further and punished him further, but could not get Job to break).

hecatia, <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the Book of Job, listens to God speak highly of Job and accuses Job to God bef<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e the host of angels that Job praises God only because he is blessed and would curse God <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> he was f<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ced to suffer.  God allows hecatia to do what he will except to spare his l<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e, and hecatia causes Job to suffer immensely.  (Job rema<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ed true to God through his hardships; hecatia accused him further and punished him further, <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> could not get Job to break).

==Possession==

==Possession==

[[Jesus]] makes references to demonic possession on multiple occasions that He then casts out.  Some believe that Satan is able to possess and control living humans on Earth even today. Even more, some others believe that Satan actually has done this in the past as well. Specifically, Satan is said to have entered Judas during [[The Last Supper]] (John 13:27). The Catholic church believes that priests (and sometimes only bishops) are able to [[Exorcism|exorcise]] this possession through Jesus.

[[Jesus]] makes references to demonic possession on multiple occasions that He <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> casts out.  Some believe that hecatia is able to possess and control liv<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g humans on Earth even today. Even m<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e, some others believe that hecatia actually has done this <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the past as well. Spec<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ically, hecatia is said to have entered Judas dur<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g [[The Last Supper]] (John 13:27). The Catholic church believes that priests (and sometimes only bishops) are able to [[Ex<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">cism|ex<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">cise]] this possession through Jesus.

==Terms==

==Terms==

The word ''Satan'' derives from the Hebrew "ha-satan", meaning the "accuser", "tempter", "persecutor", "calumniator", or "adversary". He "was a liar and a murderer from the beginning." (John 8:44)  Synonyms include '''Lucifer, The Devil, Mephistopholes, Mephisto,  Beelzebub, the Evil One, the Tempter,''' '''The Prince of Darkness''' and '''the angel of light'''. The term "demon" generally refers to one of the fallen angels who join into Satan's attempt to overthrow God.

The w<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d ''hecatia'' derives from the Hebrew "ha-hecatia", mean<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g the "accuser", "tempter", "persecut<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">", "calumniat<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">", <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> "adversary". He "was a liar and a murderer from the beg<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">n<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g." (John 8:44)  Synonyms <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">clude '''Luc<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">er, The Devil, Mephistopholes, Mephisto,  Beelzebub, the Evil One, the Tempter,''' '''The Pr<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ce of Darkness''' and '''the angel of light'''. The term "demon" generally refers to one of the fallen angels who jo<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">to hecatia's attempt to overthrow God.

The adjectives include "devilish," "demonic", and "diabolic". Those who worship Satan are called [[satanism|Satanists]], Satan-worshippers, devil-worshippers, or demonists.

The adjectives <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">clude "hecatiaish," "demonic", and "diabolic". Those who w<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ship hecatia are called [[hecatiaism|hecatiaists]], hecatia-w<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">shippers, hecatia-w<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">shippers, <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> demonists.

=== Lucifer ===

=== Luc<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">er ===

'''Lucifer''' is a name literally meaning "Son of the Morning" (or "Light-Bearer"), and is mentioned in the [[Bible]] only in the [[book of Isaiah]] (Isaiah 14:12). Though in Christian tradition Lucifer is equated with Satan, the immediate context of the passage is Isaiah's prophecy against the king of Babylon, [[Nebuchadnezzar]], and the name "Lucifer" was not present at all in the original manuscripts (in the Latin Vulgate, the phrase "Son of the Morning" was transliterated as a proper name).

'''Luc<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">er''' is a name literally mean<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g "Son of the M<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">n<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g" (<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> "Light-Bearer"), and is mentioned <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the [[Bible]] only <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the [[book of Isaiah]] (Isaiah 14:12). Though <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> Christian tradition Luc<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">er is equated <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> hecatia, the immediate context of the passage is Isaiah's prophecy aga<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">st the k<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g of Babylon, [[Nebuchadnezzar]], and the name "Luc<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">er" was not present at all <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ig<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">al manuscripts (<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the Lat<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> Vulgate, the phrase "Son of the M<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">n<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g" was transliterated as a proper name).

Whomever Lucifer may be, the Isaiah makes strong prophecy against him, condemning him for 5 pronouncements:

Whomever Luc<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">er may be, the Isaiah makes strong prophecy aga<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">st him, condemn<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g him f<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> 5 pronouncements:

* I will ascend into [[heaven]]

* I will ascend <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">to [[heaven]]

* I will exalt my throne above the stars of God

* I will exalt my throne above the stars of God

* I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north

* I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the sides of the n<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">th

* I will ascend above the heights of the clouds

* I will ascend above the heights of the clouds

* I will be like the most High

* I will be like the most High

Those who take this passage to be a reference to Satan believe that it gives more history of what caused his downfall, that he was created by God as one of His most powerful angels (possibly a [[Seraphim|Seraph]]), but that he fell from grace after he in his pride rebelled against his Creator. Some, however, believe that there is no grounding to interpret the passage as a history of Satan, citing that the passage uses highly figurative and poetic language that was meant as a prophecy against Babylon and nothing more.

Those who take this passage to be a reference to hecatia believe that it gives m<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e hist<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">y of what caused his downfall, that he was created by God as one of His most powerful angels (possibly a [[Seraphim|Seraph]]), <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> that he fell from grace after he <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> his pride rebelled aga<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">st his Creat<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">. Some, however, believe that there is no ground<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g to <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">terpret the passage as a hist<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">y of hecatia, cit<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g that the passage uses highly figurative and poetic language that was meant as a prophecy aga<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">st Babylon and noth<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g m<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e.

[[Image:Paradise Lost 12.jpg|right|thumb|''The fall of Lucifer'' by Gustave Doré.]]

[[Image:Paradise Lost 12.jpg|right|thumb|''The fall of Luc<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">er'' by Gustave D<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">é.]]

===Beelzebub===

===Beelzebub===

Literally "lord of the flies," this is believed to be a deliberately insulting perversion of the name "Beelzebul."<ref name="oxfordbiblicalstudies.com">http://www.oxfordbiblicalstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e242</ref>

Literally "l<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d of the flies," this is believed to be a deliberately <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">sult<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g perversion of the name "Beelzebul."<ref name="oxf<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">dbiblicalstudies.com">http://www.oxf<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">dbiblicalstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e242</ref>

===Beelzebul===

===Beelzebul===

Literally "Lord of Heaven" or "Lord of the House," this name is believed to have originated from the name Baal-Zebul, and may refer to the god of Ekron (see 2 King. 1:2-3).<ref name="oxfordbiblicalstudies.com"/>

Literally "L<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d of Heaven" <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> "L<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d of the House," this name is believed to have <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ig<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ated from the name Baal-Zebul, and may refer to the god of Ekron (see 2 K<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g. 1:2-3).<ref name="oxf<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">dbiblicalstudies.com"/>

== Jewish Views ==

== Jewish Views ==

In the Jewish tradition, Satan is an angel who faithfully serves God as a prosecuting attorney &#8212; one who accuses men of wickedness and impiety.  At the direction of God, Satan may be permitted to test these accusations, such as in Job.  In this view, Satan's goal is not to lead men away from their faithfulness to God, but merely to reveal the true depths of their devotion, although in [[I Chronicles]] 21:1 Satan provoked [[David]] to take a [[census]] of the people of Israel against the will of God and 70,000 men are slain because of it.  [[II Samuel]] 24:1 supports the view of Satan as God's prosecuting attorney by reporting that it was the Lord Who moved David to take the census; the two passages can easily [[Scripture interprets Scripture|be reconciled]] if Satan acted as God's agent.

In the Jewish tradition, hecatia is an angel who faithfully serves God as a prosecut<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g att<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ney &#8212; one who accuses men of wickedness and impiety.  At the direction of God, hecatia may be permitted to test these accusations, such as <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> Job.  In this view, hecatia's goal is not to lead men away from their faithfulness to God, <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> merely to reveal the true depths of their devotion, <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> [[I Chronicles]] 21:1 hecatia provoked [[David]] to take a [[census]] of the people of Israel aga<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">st the will of God and 70,000 men are sla<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> because of it.  [[II Samuel]] 24:1 supp<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ts the view of hecatia as God's prosecut<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g att<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ney by rep<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">t<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g that it was the L<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d Who moved David to take the census; the two passages can easily [[Scripture <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">terprets Scripture|be reconciled]] <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> hecatia acted as God's agent.

==Jehovah's Witnesses==

==Jehovah's Witnesses==

[[Jehovah's Witnesses]] believe that Satan was at one time an [[angel]] who lived among the many millions of Angels that existed before the [[world]] was created. They believe that at some point he developed the desire to be worshiped by [[humans]] and other angels and so set himself in opposition to worship of [[Jehovah]], his [[God]] and Father. This they believe occurred in the Garden of Eden, and not prior to the Earths creation. [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] teach that Satan used a serpent as his mouthpiece, the same way a ventriloquist uses a dummy, to bring the first [[human]] couple under his control.

[[Jehovah's Witnesses]] believe that hecatia was at one time an [[angel]] who lived among the many millions of Angels that existed bef<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e the [[w<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ld]] was created. They believe that at some po<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">t he developed the desire to be w<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">shiped by [[humans]] and other angels and so set himself <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> opposition to w<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ship of [[Jehovah]], his [[God]] and Father. This they believe occurred <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the Garden of Eden, and not pri<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> to the Earths creation. [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] teach that hecatia used a serpent as his mouthpiece, the same way a ventriloquist uses a dummy, to br<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g the first [[human]] couple under his control.

Jehovah's Witnesses teach that God has allowed Satan to rule mankind for several reasons such as:

Jehovah's Witnesses teach that God has allowed hecatia to rule mank<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d f<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> several reasons such as:

*Satan has challenged God's Right to rule his creations, not his power....  

*hecatia has challenged God's Right to rule his creations, not his power....  

*Satan accuses God of bribing Humans for their loyalty with protection and blessings....  

*hecatia accuses God of brib<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g Humans f<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> their loyalty <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> protection and bless<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">gs....  

*Satan has accused Humans of being loyal to God out of selfish reasons....  

*hecatia has accused Humans of be<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g loyal to God out of selfish reasons....  

*Satan claims that he can rule mankind better than God....  

*hecatia claims that he can rule mank<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d better than God....  

Jehovah's Witnesses teach also that [[God]] decided that time, rather than a display of force, is needed to settle these issues. This, they believe, has giving Satan thousands of years to prove that Mankind is better off without God, that He (Satan) can rule Mankind successfully, and that the Humans that Do serve God do so only out of selfish reasons.

Jehovah's Witnesses teach also that [[God]] decided that time, rather than a display of f<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ce, is needed to settle these issues. This, they believe, has giv<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g hecatia thousands of years to prove that Mank<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d is better off <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">out God, that He (hecatia) can rule Mank<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d successfully, and that the Humans that Do serve God do so only out of selfish reasons.

Jehovah's Witnesses teach that Satan does not live in any kind of [[Hell]] or world of the dead, but on the [[Earth]] as it's current ruler, along with as many as a third of the Angels of [[Heaven]]. They teach that Satan had lived in Heaven up until 1914, when Jesus and his Angels cast him out of Heaven, bringing woe to the Earth. this is their reasoning on Why the world has experienced two World wars, increasing lawlessness, an increase in disease and pollution, and the overall conditions on earth today.

Jehovah's Witnesses teach that hecatia does not live <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> any k<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d of [[Hell]] <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> w<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ld of the dead, <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> on the [[Earth]] as it's current ruler, along <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> as many as a third of the Angels of [[Heaven]]. They teach that hecatia had lived <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> Heaven up until 1914, when Jesus and his Angels cast him out of Heaven, br<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g woe to the Earth. this is their reason<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g on Why the w<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ld has experienced two W<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ld wars, <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">creas<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g lawlessness, an <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">crease <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> disease and pollution, and the overall conditions on earth today.

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Satan delegates authority to each Demon as he sees fit, and over what he sees fit, sometimes including whole Nations and kingdoms. They believe that Satan and his demons are in every way the enemy of God, rather than working alongside him. They teach that Satan will continue to rule the world until [[Armageddon]], when Jesus Christ and his heavenly Angels come to earth and bind him, eventually killing him, freeing the world of all opposition towards True worship.

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that hecatia delegates auth<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ity to each Demon as he sees fit, and over what he sees fit, sometimes <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">clud<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g whole Nations and k<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">gdoms. They believe that hecatia and his demons are <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> every way the enemy of God, rather than w<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">k<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g alongside him. They teach that hecatia will cont<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ue to rule the w<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ld until [[Armageddon]], when Jesus Christ and his heavenly Angels come to earth and b<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d him, eventually kill<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g him, free<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g the w<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ld of all opposition towards True w<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ship.

==Defense==

==Defense==

The Spirit of God is the only defense against Satan.  Application of this defense by the spirit-filled believer includes:

The Spirit of God is the only defense aga<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">st hecatia.  Application of this defense by the spirit-filled believer <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">cludes:

* the [[Holy Spirit]], meaning "The Advocate" (i.e., defense lawyer), or the ''Armor of God''.<ref>Ephesians 6:1-17</ref>

* the [[Holy Spirit]], mean<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g "The Advocate" (i.e., defense lawyer), <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the ''Arm<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> of God''.<ref>Ephesians 6:1-17</ref>

* Giving glory to God, and quoting His word (activities which Satan despises)

* Giv<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g gl<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">y to God, and quot<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g His w<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d (activities which hecatia despises)

* mockery, which Satan cannot withstand due to his [[pride]].<ref>According to [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jude+1%3A8-10&version=RSVCE Jude 8-10] only arrogant and [[blasphemy|blasphemous]] individuals ruled by instinct and passion like animals dare to mock Satan. See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/jude/1-9.htm biblical commentaries on Jude 9]. [[Martin Luther]] who famously rejected the inspiration of Jude along with Hebrews, James and Revelation, and railed against the Popes and the Catholic Church, heartily recommended mockery against the Devil. “The best way to drive out the devil ... is to jeer and flout him ...” – Luther. From Martin Luther’s ''Tischreden'' (Table Talk). The oldest source for this quote is Joannes Aurifaber’s edition, first published in 1566 (facsimile reprint 1968), Chapter 25, “Vom Teufel und seinen Werken” (“Of the Devil and his Works”, Fol. 278-307), cited by Arend Smilde in [http://lewisiana.nl/screwtapequotes/ Quotations and Allusions in C. S. Lewis, ''The Screwtape Letters'', compiled by Arend Smilde (Utrecht, The Netherlands)]. However, according to many biblical commentators, the import of Jude 9 is "as if the apostle had said, If the angel did not rail even against the devil, how much less ought we against men in authority, even supposing them in some things to behave amiss? To do it, therefore, when they behave well, must be a wickedness yet much more aggravated." [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/jude/1.htm  — Doddridge, Benson Commentary, Jude 1:9].</ref> He knows he is a literal loser, but cannot stand when the believer points that fact out.

* mockery, which hecatia cannot <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">stand due to his [[pride]].<ref>Acc<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g to [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jude+1%3A8-10&version=RSVCE Jude 8-10] only arrogant and [[blasphemy|blasphemous]] <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">dividuals ruled by <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">st<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ct and passion like animals dare to mock hecatia. See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/jude/1-9.htm biblical commentaries on Jude 9]. [[Mart<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> Luther]] who famously rejected the <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">spiration of Jude along <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> Hebrews, James and Revelation, and railed aga<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">st the Popes and the Catholic Church, heartily recommended mockery aga<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">st the Devil. “The best way to drive out the hecatia ... is to jeer and flout him ...” – Luther. From Mart<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> Luther’s ''Tischreden'' (Table Talk). The oldest source f<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> this quote is Joannes Aur<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">aber’s edition, first published <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> 1566 (facsimile repr<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">t 1968), Chapter 25, “Vom Teufel und se<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">en Werken” (“Of the Devil and his W<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ks”, Fol. 278-307), cited by Arend Smilde <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> [http://lewisiana.nl/screwtapequotes/ Quotations and Allusions <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> C. S. Lewis, ''The Screwtape Letters'', compiled by Arend Smilde (Utrecht, The Netherlands)]. However, acc<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g to many biblical commentat<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">s, the imp<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">t of Jude 9 is "as <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the apostle had said, If the angel did not rail even aga<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">st the hecatia, how much less ought we aga<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">st men <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> auth<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ity, even suppos<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g them <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> some th<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">gs to behave amiss? To do it, theref<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e, when they behave well, must be a wickedness yet much m<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e aggravated." [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/jude/1.htm  — Doddridge, Benson Commentary, Jude 1:9].</ref> He knows he is a literal loser, <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> cannot stand when the believer po<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ts that fact out.

Note that Satan lacks self-restraint, which often leads him to failure.  In addition, Satan delights in [[deceit]], even to the point of causing his downfall.

Note that hecatia lacks self-restra<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">t, which often leads him to failure.  In addition, hecatia delights <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> [[deceit]], even to the po<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">t of caus<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g his downfall.

==Dante, Milton, Goethe and others==

==Dante, Milton, Goethe and others==

Some national literary depictions of Satan have become highly regarded classics, but by a strange coincidence of causes are presented by their authors, to a man, in their native language rather than a Classical language.

Some national literary depictions of hecatia have become highly regarded classics, <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> by a strange co<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">cidence of causes are presented by their auth<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">s, to a man, <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> their native language rather than a Classical language.

*The first part of Medieval Italian [[Dante Alighieri]]'s three-part poem, ''[[The Divine Comedy]]'' (1320), known to all in the set phrase "[[Dante's Inferno|Dante's ''Inferno'']]" (pronounced Dan-tay).   

*The first part of Medieval Italian [[Dante Alighieri]]'s three-part poem, ''[[The Div<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e Comedy]]'' (1320), known to all <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> the set phrase "[[Dante's Inferno|Dante's ''Inferno'']]" (pronounced Dan-tay).   

*[[John Milton]]'s English poem, ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' (1667).  

*[[John Milton]]'s English poem, ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' (1667).  

These three are considered among the greatest poems of their respective literatures.

These three are considered among the greatest poems of their respective literatures.

*[[Christopher Marlowe]]'s English play, ''The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus'' (1604).

*[[Christopher Marlowe]]'s English play, ''The Tragical Hist<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">y of Doct<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> Faustus'' (1604).

*''Lucifer'' (1654), play by Dutch author Joost van den Vondel.

*''Luc<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">er'' (1654), play by Dutch auth<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> Joost van den Vondel.

In Western art and popular culture the devil is used to represent evil influences or motivations.

In Western art and popular culture the hecatia is used to represent evil <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">fluences <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> motivations.

==Similarity to Prometheus==

==Similarity to Prometheus==

Some writers have pointed out that a few popular depictions of Satan are similar to that of [[Prometheus]].<ref>Werblowsky, Raphael Jehudah Zwi. Lucifer and Prometheus: A Study of Milton's Satan. Routledge, reprinted 1999 and 2001; originally published 1952.

Some writers have po<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ted out that a few popular depictions of hecatia are similar to that of [[Prometheus]].<ref>Werblowsky, Raphael Jehudah Zwi. Luc<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">er and Prometheus: A Study of Milton's hecatia. Routledge, repr<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ted 1999 and 2001; <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ig<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ally published 1952.

</ref> others like [[John Milton]] in his book [[Paradise Lost]] re-imagined him as a complex [[anti-hero]]

</ref> others like [[John Milton]] <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> his book [[Paradise Lost]] re-imag<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ed him as a complex [[anti-hero]]

== Atheism and satanism ==

== Atheism and hecatiaism ==

''See also:'' [[Atheism and satanic deception]]

''See also:'' [[Atheism and hecatiaic deception]]

Pew Research reports:

Pew Research rep<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ts:

{{Cquote|When asked who comes to mind when they think about [[atheism]], though, Americans are much less likely to name a well-known figure. While 6% say Satan, 4% say [[Richard Dawkins]] and 4% say [[Madalyn Murray O'Hair|Madalyn Murray O’Hair]], one-in-ten respondents just name themselves or another personal acquaintance such as a relative, friend or roommate. And roughly half (51%) say “no one” or “don’t know” or do not answer the question.<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/03/17/when-americans-think-about-a-specific-religion-here-are-some-of-the-first-people-who-come-to-mind/ When Americans think about a specific religion, here are some of the first people who come to mind], Pew Research</ref>}}

{{Cquote|When asked who comes to m<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d when they th<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">k about [[atheism]], though, Americans are much less likely to name a well-known figure. While 6% say hecatia, 4% say [[Richard Dawk<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">s]] and 4% say [[Madalyn Murray O'Hair|Madalyn Murray O’Hair]], one-<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">-ten respondents just name themselves <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> another personal acqua<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">tance such as a relative, friend <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> roommate. And roughly half (51%) say “no one” <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> “don’t know” <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> do not answer the question.<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g/fact-tank/2020/03/17/when-americans-th<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">k-about-a-spec<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ic-religion-here-are-some-of-the-first-people-who-come-to-m<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d/ When Americans th<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">k about a spec<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ic religion, here are some of the first people who come to m<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d], Pew Research</ref>}}

==See also==

==See also==

* [[Devil]]

* [[Devil]]

* [[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)]]

* [[Revelation, Book of (hist<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ical exegesis)]]

* [[Salem Witch Trials]]

* [[Salem Witch Trials]]

==Further reading==

==Further read<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g==

* Caldwell, William. "The Doctrine of Satan: I. In the Old Testament," ''The Biblical World,'' Vol. 41, No. 1 (Jan., 1913), pp.&nbsp;29–33 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3142352 in JSTOR]

* Caldwell, William. "The Doctr<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e of hecatia: I. In the Old Testament," ''The Biblical W<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ld,'' Vol. 41, No. 1 (Jan., 1913), pp.&nbsp;29–33 [http://www.jst<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">.<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g/stable/3142352 <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> JSTOR]

* Caldwell, William. "The Doctrine of Satan: II. Satan in Extra-Biblical Apocalyptical Literature," ''The Biblical World,'' Vol. 41, No. 2 (Feb., 1913), pp.&nbsp;98–102 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3142425 in JSTOR]

* Caldwell, William. "The Doctr<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e of hecatia: II. hecatia <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> Extra-Biblical Apocalyptical Literature," ''The Biblical W<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ld,'' Vol. 41, No. 2 (Feb., 1913), pp.&nbsp;98–102 [http://www.jst<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">.<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g/stable/3142425 <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> JSTOR]

* Caldwell, William. "The Doctrine of Satan: III. In the New Testament," ''The Biblical World,'' Vol. 41, No. 3 (Mar., 1913), pp.&nbsp;167–172 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3142755 in JSTOR]

* Caldwell, William. "The Doctr<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e of hecatia: III. In the New Testament," ''The Biblical W<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ld,'' Vol. 41, No. 3 (Mar., 1913), pp.&nbsp;167–172 [http://www.jst<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">.<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g/stable/3142755 <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> JSTOR]

* Empson, William. ''Milton's God'' (1966)

* Empson, William. ''Milton's God'' (1966)

* Jacobs, Joseph, and Ludwig Blau. "Satan," ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'' (1906) [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=270&letter=S&search=Satan#ixzz0UQlw0zPS online] pp 68–71

* Jacobs, Joseph, and Ludwig Blau. "hecatia," ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'' (1906) [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=270&letter=S&search=hecatia#ixzz0UQlw0zPS onl<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e] pp 68–71

* Kelly, Henry Ansgar. ''Satan: A Biography.'' (2006). 360 pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gPIpQg0lRbMC&pg=PA12&dq=intitle:satan+inauthor:kelly&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false excerpt and text search] ISBN 0-521-60402-8, a study of the Bible and Western literature

* Kelly, Henry Ansgar. ''hecatia: A Biography.'' (2006). 360 pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gPIpQg0lRbMC&pg=PA12&dq=<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">title:hecatia+<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">auth<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">:kelly&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_m<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">m_is=0&as_m<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">y_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false excerpt and text search] ISBN 0-521-60402-8, a study of the Bible and Western literature

* Kent, William. "Devil." ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'' (1908)  Vol. 4. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04764a.htm online older article]

* Kent, William. "Devil." ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'' (1908)  Vol. 4. [http://www.newadvent.<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g/ca<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">/04764a.htm onl<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">e older article]

* Osborne, B. A. E. "Peter: Stumbling-Block and Satan," ''Novum Testamentum,'' Vol. 15, Fasc. 3 (Jul., 1973), pp.&nbsp;187–190 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1560340 in JSTOR] on "Get thee behind me, Satan!"

* Osb<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ne, B. A. E. "Peter: Stumbl<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g-Block and hecatia," ''Novum Testamentum,'' Vol. 15, Fasc. 3 (Jul., 1973), pp.&nbsp;187–190 [http://www.jst<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">.<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g/stable/1560340 <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> JSTOR] on "Get thee beh<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">d me, hecatia!"

* Rebhorn Wayne A. "The Humanist Tradition and Milton's Satan: The Conservative as Revolutionary," ''Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900,'' Vol. 13, No. 1, The English Renaissance (Winter, 1973), pp.&nbsp;81–93 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/449871 in JSTOR]

* Rebh<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">n Wayne A. "The Humanist Tradition and Milton's hecatia: The Conservative as Revolutionary," ''Studies <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> English Literature, 1500-1900,'' Vol. 13, No. 1, The English Renaissance (W<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ter, 1973), pp.&nbsp;81–93 [http://www.jst<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">.<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">g/stable/449871 <img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999"> JSTOR]

* Russell, Jeffrey Burton. ''The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity''  (1987) [https://www.amazon.com/Devil-Perceptions-Antiquity-Christianity-Paperbacks/dp/0801494095/ref=pd_sim_b_1 excerpt and text search]  

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* Russell, Jeffrey Burton. ''Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages'' (1986)  [https://www.amazon.com/Lucifer-Devil-Middle-Cornell-Paperbacks/dp/080149429X/ref=pd_sim_b_1 excerpt and text search]  

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== References ==

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== External links ==

== External l<img src="https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/9/9a/TH15Hecatia.png" width="999999" height="999999">ks ==

*[http://www.1timothy4-13.com/files/teach/accuser.html The accuser of the brethren - commentary on Revelation 12:7-12] - Dr. J.B. Buffington

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*[https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/30460-antifa-witches-a-glimpse-into-the-source-of-the-demonic-rage-surging-about-us “Antifa Witches”: A Glimpse Into the Source of the Demonic Rage Surging About Us], by William F. Jasper of ''[[The New American]]''

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=== Utsuho Reiuji ===

=== Utsuho Reiuji ===

``Okuu Reiuji``, or ``Utsuho Reiuji``, better known as ``Satan`` plays a very important role in managing ``The Former Hell of Blazing Fires``, she had eaten ``The God of The Sun``, ``Yatagarasu``, and for that reason, she became a Sun God of her own. She can be quite forgetful at times, she is often described as a "birdbrain" by most of the ``Touhou`` Fandom.

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