. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . o that region shall be imprisonedin relentless ice,* in the hail and scorching fire which are in the dissolution of the world, that is to say, in the ascensionof the pleroma, these souls shall perish in the relentless ice andscorching fire, and shall be non-existent for the eternity. Mary answered ,sct said: Woe for the souls of sinners! Now, there-fore, O Master, whetheris the fire in the world ofhuman kind or the firein Amenti the fiercer?The saviour an-swered and said untoMary: Am
. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . o that region shall be imprisonedin relentless ice,* in the hail and scorching fire which are in the dissolution of the world, that is to say, in the ascensionof the pleroma, these souls shall perish in the relentless ice andscorching fire, and shall be non-existent for the eternity. Mary answered ,sct said: Woe for the souls of sinners! Now, there-fore, O Master, whetheris the fire in the world ofhuman kind or the firein Amenti the fiercer?The saviour an-swered and said untoMary: Amen, I sayunto thee, the fire inAmenti scorcheth farmore than the fire amongmen, nine times more. And the fire whichis in the punishments ofthe great chaos is ninetimes fiercer than the firein Amenti. And the fire whichis in the judgments ofthe rulers who are in the way of the midst, is nine times fiercerthan the fire of the punishments which are in the great chaos. And the fire which is in the dragon of outer darkness, andall the torments which it containeth, are fiercer far than the fire. Weighing the Evil and the Good of the Soul. Reminding one of similar notions prevalent inancient Egypt (About 1150. From the cathedralin Autun, France ) *An anticipation of Dantes ice hell. EARLY CHRISTIANITY. 189 which is in the chastisements and judgments of the rulers who arcin the way of the midst,—this fire is fiercer than they seventytimes. And when the saviour had said this unto Mary, she smoteher breast, she cried out ah)ud, with tears, and all the disciplesv»^ith her, saying : Woe for the sinners, for their torments are ex-ceedingly great.
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