Are demons fallen angels? The Catechism says so, but the Greek word daimon is far older than that idea. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli trace what demon meant to Homer, Plato and Hesiod, in the Septuagint, 1 Enoch and Jubilees, in Josephus and the Church Fathers, and what the Gospels mean when Jesus casts demons out. Plus exorcism cases, Fr. Gabriele Amorth, and your feedback on auras.

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Chapters:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:17 - What is a demon?
0:02:36 - Demons in world religions
0:08:44 - The Catholic definition: fallen angels
0:10:41 - Demon, unclean spirit, evil spirit: one cluster
0:17:20 - The fallen angel cluster
0:23:04 - Reading without anachronism
0:24:57 - Daimon as a god: Homer
0:26:46 - Daimon as an intermediate being: Plato
0:27:52 - Porphyry's sacrifice-craving daimones
0:31:24 - Ghosts of the golden race: Hesiod
0:33:57 - Good men become daimones: Plato
0:35:34 - Ordinary ghosts: Apuleius
0:37:48 - Lemurs and larvae
0:39:08 - Thank you to Patrons
0:39:39 - Sponsor: Fr. Dwight Longenecker
0:40:30 - Sponsor: Grave Tending Solutions
0:42:19 - Demons in the Septuagint
0:44:33 - The midday demon
0:47:07 - Goat demons in Isaiah
0:49:24 - Asmodeus in Tobit
0:52:44 - 1 Enoch: the spirits of the giants
0:56:30 - Jubilees and Mastema
1:00:16 - Philo: demons are angels
1:02:13 - Josephus: good and wicked ghosts
1:05:11 - Demons in later Judaism
1:08:40 - Church Fathers: Justin and Athenagoras
1:13:02 - Justin Martyr and human ghosts
1:14:50 - Tatian: the first fallen-angel demons
1:17:35 - Theophilus of Antioch
1:18:50 - Origen: still an open question
1:20:45 - Lactantius: two kinds of demons
1:23:07 - Augustine settles it in the West
1:24:31 - The New Testament: demons as pagan gods
1:27:44 - The demons Jesus cast out
1:29:23 - The Gerasene demoniac
1:32:15 - Beelzebul, the prince of demons
1:35:22 - Can the dead possess the living?
1:36:19 - Rule 14 and Fr. Gabriele Amorth
1:40:48 - The Earling exorcism and Begone Satan
1:42:37 - Anneliese Michel
1:46:21 - Faith Perspective
1:48:42 - Bottom Line
1:49:49 - Further Resources
1:50:35 - Mysterious Feedback: #431 Are Auras Real?
1:56:48 - Your mysterious feedback
1:57:22 - Thank you to Oasis Studio 7
1:57:34 - Jimmy's YouTube channel
1:58:38 - Next Time: Pope Benedict on Adam, original sin and aliens
1:58:58 - Share the show / write a review
1:59:07 - Get your Mysterious merch
1:59:15 - Show notes
1:59:22 - Become a Patron
1:59:31 - Sponsor: Rosary Army and School of Mary
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2:00:50 - Outro

Further Resources:
The Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph 414: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P1C.HTM
Plato, Symposium (Perseus Digital Library): https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0174
Hesiod, Works and Days (Project Gutenberg): https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/348/pg348.txt
Porphyry, On Abstinence from Animal Food, Book II: https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/porphyry_abstinence_02_book2.htm
The Book of Enoch (R. H. Charles translation): http://qbible.com/enoch/15.html
Justin Martyr, The First Apology (New Advent): https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0126.htm
Justin Martyr, The Second Apology (New Advent): https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0127.htm
Tatian, Address to the Greeks (New Advent): https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0202.htm
Athenagoras, A Plea for the Christians (New Advent): https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0205.htm
Theophilus of Antioch, To Autolycus, Book II (New Advent): https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/02042.htm
Origen, De Principiis, Preface (New Advent): https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/04120.htm
Lactantius, Divine Institutes, Book II (CCEL): https://ccel.org/ccel/lactantius/institutes/anf07.iii.ii.ii.xv.html
Augustine, The City of God, Book V (New Advent): https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/120105.htm
Fr. Gabriele Amorth, Possessioni Inquietanti - Anime Dannate e Vaganti (YouTube, in Italian): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHR5sXnGoHo

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