Angels and Demons: What Do We Really Know about Them?
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
In response to actual questions many people have asked him about angels and demons, well-known author and philosopher Peter Kreeft separates fact from fantasy and myth from reality as he answers 100 common questions about these spiritual beings. Based on a very popular college course he teaches on this subject, this book responds to the incredible amount of interest in angelic beings and attempts to clear up some of the misinformation abounding in the numerous books today on what we know about these mysterious spirits.
Drawing on the Bible, traditional Church teaching and St. Thomas Aquinas, Kreeft gives straight, clear answers to the perennial and philosophical questions asked about angels and demons throughout time. Kreeft answers questions like: “What are angels made of? How do angels communicate with God? How do angels communicate with us? Do demons, or devils, or evil spirits really exist?” in his typical lucid, profound, and sometimes humorous style.
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- Answers 100 common questions about angels and demons
- Responds to the incredible amount of interest in angelic beings
- Attempts to clear up misinformation about these mysterious beings
- Questions about Our Fascination with Angels
- Questions about How We Know Anything about Angels
- Questions about the Nature of Angels
- Questions about Demons
Top Highlights
“When angels do communicate with us, it’s usually by suggesting things to our imagination—what we often call ‘inspiration’. However, although they may suggest certain thoughts or feelings or actions to us, neither good nor evil spirits can force our mind or will, which are free.” (Page 67)
“Naturalism is a very convenient philosophy for crooks. It means that I am not responsible for anything, for nature made me do it. There is no I, really. I am only complexified primordial slime.” (Page 32)
“God is infinite bodiless spirit, your soul is finite embodied spirit, and angels are finite bodiless spirits.” (Page 41)
“The bodies angels assume are not literal, living human bodies. They did not come out of a mother’s womb. They don’t have to eat or breathe. They did not grow; they were manufactured by spirits. They are masks.” (Page 52)
“Resentment against some kind of superiority is one of the seven deadly sins. It is called envy, and it is the only sin that never gave anyone any kind of pleasure at all.” (Page 60)
Peter Kreeft is a philosopher, theologian, and apologist. His concise, lucid, wit-infused prose draws frequent comparisons to that of C. S. Lewis. He has written dozens of books on understanding philosophy, defending the Christian faith, and encouraging Catholics on difficult doctrine. He is currently professor of philosophy at Boston College.