[handmaiden]

Very recently, I learned that there is a type of plant called, "hellebore".





On the surface, it appears harmless, but we know that Satan is nothing if not cunning.


Ephesians 6:11

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

I am already very careful around deviled eggs and devil's food cake, but I am concerned about this latest revelation of the Deceiver's inroads within the horticultural realm. How should a devoted follower of Christ deal with all this? Are there more of these sorts of pitfalls out there?


Proverbs 14:12

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

[Dennis Lukes]

Isaiah 40:8 - "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever."

I really have to wonder if in a quintillion years we'll remember soulless organisms - flowers like the hellebore, insects like the hellgrammite, or beasts like the Tasmanian devil. After all, how much space do they occupy in our minds NOW, during the cosmic attosecond that is our earthly sojourn? Very little. And we'll never see any of them ever again after we die and our souls ascend to the Kingdom Eternal.


You should avoid the hellebore but don't think too much about it. Flowers are gay.

[Johny Joe Hold]

Originally Posted by handmaiden

Very recently, I learned that there is a type of plant called, "hellebore".





On the surface, it appears harmless, but we know that Satan is nothing if not cunning.

Could this be a flower Eve wore in her hair when she persuaded Adam to eat the forbidden apple? If the plant was passed down from ancient times those who recorded what happened to Adam, Eve and the snake may have considered it "a flower from hell." We could rename it today, "original sin."

[MitzaLizalor]

Satan manifests in actions, attitudes and opinions ALL of which are given high status in the universe of secular poetry and demonic sects. The catholic gab-fest pronounces itself an authority and opines:

As we gather from the Fathers and the theologians, the soul itself can never be "possessed" nor deprived of liberty, though its ordinary control over the members of the body may be hindered by the obsessing spirit

I don't normally post references to their stuff but will include some of the labyrinthine footnotes, elucidations, definitions and general gobbledygook to justify my use of the term gab-fest ——

theologians > Dogmatic theology* is that part of theology which treats of the theoretical truths** of faith*** concerning God† and His works dogmata fidei, whereas moral theology‡ has for its subject-matter the practical truths of morality§ dogmata morum. At times, apologetics¶ or fundamental theology is called "general dogmatic theology" - dogmatic theology proper being distinguished from it as "special dogmatic theology"

* each footnote marker goes to its own page. Bear in mind all this is just for the brown sentence and I'm posting a very short extract from each introduction

soul > The question of the reality of the soul and its distinction from the body is among the most important problems of philosophy* for with it is bound up the doctrine** of a future life. Various theories as to the nature of the soul have claimed to be reconcilable with the tenet of immortality*** but it is a sure instinct† that leads us to suspect every attack on the substantiality or spirituality of the soul as an assault on the belief in existence after death. The soul may be defined as the ultimate internal principle by which we think, feel, and will, and by which our bodies are animated. The term "mind‡" usually denotes this principle as the subject of our conscious states, while "soul" denotes the source of our vegetative activities as well.

* plenty more later in this short intro., including belief, mental, imagination, psychology, Sumatrans, Dualism and ANIMISM (all caps)

St. Aug., "De sp. et an.", 27;

St. Thomas, "In II Sent.", d. VIII, Q. i;

Ribet, "La mystique divine", Paris, 1883, pp. 190 sqq.

and cross referencing the citations

St. Thomas > Landulph, his father*, was Count of Aquino**; Theodora, his mother, Countess of Teano. His family was related to the Emperors Henry VI*** and Frederick II† and to the Kings of Aragon‡, Castile§ and France¶. Calo relates that a holy∫ hermit# foretold his career etc., etc.

I suppose I ought to post the brown source, which is a single sentence from the preamble to Demonical Possession:

https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12315a.htm

After all that you're supposed to forget your original question: but I haven't: let's see what Jesus taught about this.

Matthew 10:27-28 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

WOW! WOW!! As if we couldn't guess, almost (if not completely in every detail) the exact opposite of Romish dogma. This is the creed giving us monks.

MONK'S HOOD




Demons are very keen on eroticism; lewdness masquerading as art is one libidinous activity sure to get them going. Has anyone read art critics recently? They like to get certain words in, words like paradigm, journey and passionate.

PASSIONFLOWER