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Satan in Ascension of Isaiah, Assumption of Moses Apocryphon of James, Acts of John & Apocalypse of Paul

Herein we continue, from part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, considering “Satan” in text generally termed the Apocrypha, Deutero Canonical, Pseudepigrapha, Gnostic Texts, etc. (see my article on the Apocrypha here). The fuller complete result consists of quotations of those sections within the text that refer to Angels, Cherubim, Seraphim, Devil, Satan, demons, serpent and dragon. The point is not to elucidate these references but to provide relevant partial quotations and citations. See my section on Angels in general and in apocryphal texts here. See my section on Cherubim and Seraphim in general and in apocryphal texts here.

Satan in Ascension of Isaiah aka Martyrdom of Isaiah, Assumption of Moses aka Testament of Moses, Secret Book of James aka Apocryphon of James, Acts of John and Apocalypse of Paul.

Ascension of Isaiah aka Martyrdom of Isaiah – 1st to 2nd century AD
2:3-4, 7 Satan and his Angels and his powers. And he turned aside the house of his father which had been before the face of Hezekiah the words of wisdom and from the service of God…And when Isaiah the son of Amoz saw the lawlessness which was being perpetrated in Jerusalem and the worship of Satan and his wantonness.

Assumption of Moses aka Testament of Moses – 6th century AD
10 And then His kingdom shall appear throughout all His creation, and then Satan shall be no more, and sorrow shall depart with him.

Secret Book of James aka Apocryphon of James – 100-150 AD
The Lord answered and said, “What is your merit if you do the will of the Father and it is not given to you from him as a gift while you are tempted by Satan? But if you are oppressed by Satan, and persecuted, and you do his (i.e., the Father’s) will, I say that he will love you, and make you equal with me, and reckon you to have become beloved through his providence by your own choice.

Acts of John – 150-200 AD
54 Repent therefore, my child, of this fault, and having learnt the wiles of Satan thou shalt have God to help thee in all the necessities of thy soul.

63 And whereas there was great love and joy unsurpassed among the brethren, a certain one, a messenger of Satan, became enamoured of Drusiana, though he saw and knew that she was the wife of Andronicus.

69 …a soul as full of faith and worthy (or receptive) of God when it hath paid its promise in full: not that soul…which taketh pledges of Satan.

70 And as John was discoursing yet further unto the brethren that they should despise temporal things in respect of the eternal, he that was enamoured of Drusiana, being inflamed with an horrible lust and possession of the many-shaped Satan, bribed the steward of Andronicus who was a lover of money with a great sum.

84 …thou most unholy Satan, enemy of God, shall Jesus Christ our God and of all that are like thee and have thy character, make thee to perish.

98 There are of the right hand and the left, powers also, authorities, lordships and demons, workings, threatenings, wraths, devils, Satan, and the lower root whence the nature of the things that come into being proceeded.

112 …didst manifest thyself to it when it had been vanquished by Satan: that didst overcome its adversary when it fled unto thee: that avest it thine hand and didst raise it up from the things of Hades.

114 And as I come unto thee, let the fire go backward, let the darkness be overcome, let the gulf be without strength, let the furnace die out, let Gehenna be quenched. Let Angels follow, let devils fear, let rulers be broken, Iet powers fall; let the places of the right hand stand fast, let them of the left hand not remain. Let the devil be muzzled, let Satan be derided, let his wrath be burned out, let his madness be stilled, let his vengeance be ashamed, let his assault be in pain, let his children be smitten and all his roots plucked up.

Apocalypse of Paul – 250-400 AD
3 …the Lord came unto me, saying: Speak unto this people: How long will ye transgress, and add sin upon sin, and tempt the Lord that made you Saying that ye are Abraham’s children but doing the works of Satan (so Gr.; Lat. Ye are the sons of God, doing the work of the devil), walking in the confidence of God, boasting in your name only, but being poor because of the matter of sin.

II And over and above this so great affliction I am in bonds and behold these evils whereby the devices of Satan are accomplished. (4 Harnack: may not the priests (intrigues) of Satan anticipate me while (or after) I suffer (have suffered) fetters for the sake (?) of men.)

In the next segment, we will consider Acts of Peter and Revelation of Moses.

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