Psychotherapy; a course of reading in sound psychology, sound medicine and sound religion. . th century before idea had developed so rapidly that Plutarch, in the first cen-tury after Christ, could use the idea of the evil demons in hisapology for the indecencies of the Grecian mythology. In the pop-ular thought the more important use made of the rapidly risingdemonology was found in the explanation of disease, the evil thatbulked largest in the mind of the times. Both Jew and Christian were willing enough to recognize theadvantage of identifying the evil demons with the pagan gods
Psychotherapy; a course of reading in sound psychology, sound medicine and sound religion. . th century before idea had developed so rapidly that Plutarch, in the first cen-tury after Christ, could use the idea of the evil demons in hisapology for the indecencies of the Grecian mythology. In the pop-ular thought the more important use made of the rapidly risingdemonology was found in the explanation of disease, the evil thatbulked largest in the mind of the times. Both Jew and Christian were willing enough to recognize theadvantage of identifying the evil demons with the pagan gods withtheir disgusting amours, which were the chief object of Christianpolemics, and the good demons might easily have found their placeunder the general idea of the guardian angels, if there had beenany incentive to have followed up that line of thought. But themain interest was in the identification of the demons with theheathen deities for which Plutarch himself had in a way given war-rant, and Christianity, from Paul down, made abundant use of 1 I Cor. x, 20 f.[70]. Q^/^HEALING IN THE EARLY CHURCH The evil in the world was easily understood as the work ofdemons, or evil spirits; the work of Christ, accordingly, was in largepart the victory of the divine over the devilish powers. His lifeas commonly narrated was full of instances in which he had beenvictorious over the devils. So great was the power of the new revelation that not merelythe disciples had power over unclean spirits, but some who werenot disciples were able to exorcise demons successfully, merely byusing the name of Jesus. It truly represented the prevailingthought, therefore, when Justin Martyr said, in respect to the nameof Jesus, that His name as man and Savior has also He was made man also—for the sake of believing men and forthe destruction of the demons. And now you can learn this fromwhat is under your own observation. In the heathen world there was not only a demono
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