1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Angels, Demons, and the Afterlife

by J. Stephen Lang

Publisher:

Thomas Nelson

, 2000

Overview

Longtime believers, new Christians, and skeptics alike will enjoy this fun, fact-filled book of biblical knowledge from Bible trivia buff and best-selling author, Stephen Lang. In 1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Angels, Demons, and the Afterlife, Lang addresses such subjects as "why angels are depicted with wings," "where the idea of purgatory originated," "whether Christians can be demon-possessed," and "the notion of guardian angels." Readers will find all this information and more right at their fingertips in this topically organized, intriguing book that will whet their appetite for further biblical investigation.

Contents

Top Highlights

“He and other Christian scholars agreed that if the Jews did not consider these books sacred, neither should Christians. But these ‘questionable’ books had been around a long time, and Jerome was pressured to include them in his Latin Bible, the Vulgate.” (source)

“Universalism is the belief that all people will eventually find salvation—that is, heaven for everyone, hell for no one. It is definitely not taught in the New Testament, and the church at large has never accepted it.” (source)

“One reason Catholics were adamant about the divine inspiration of the Apocrypha is that the doctrine of purgatory, which had become extremely important in the Catholic system, is taught nowhere in the Old or New Testament but is taught (or hinted at) in the Apocrypha. Thus Catholics were eager to retain the Apocrypha, and Protestants were just as eager to put it aside.” (source)

“Origen speculated that reincarnation might be a reality. He toyed with universalism, suggesting that all human beings—and even the devil and all his demons—might eventually find salvation.” (source)

“Some prominent theologians, such as Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, claimed that one of the pleasures of heaven is seeing the torments of those in hell.” (source)

Product Details

• Title: 1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Angels, Demons, and the Afterlife
• Author: J. Stephen Lang
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Print Publication Date: 2000
• Logos Release Date: 2006
• Pages: 520
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Angels › Miscellanea; Demonology › Miscellanea; Future life › Miscellanea
• ISBNs: 9781418512361, 1418512362
• Resource ID: LLS:61.0.1
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-28T20:38:35Z

About J. Stephen Lang

J. Stephen Lang is the author of nearly thirty books, including the extremely successful Complete Book of Bible Trivia, which has sold over 600,000 copies.