the Enemy

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The Enemy is a biblical and theological title for the Devil, representing the ultimate adversary of God and humanity in Christian belief.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
the Enemy canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical title ⓘ
theological title ⓘ
title of the Devil ⓘ
appearsInText Christian theology ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
associatedWithConcept deception ⓘ
evil ⓘ
sin ⓘ
spiritual warfare ⓘ
temptation ⓘ
contrastsWith Christ ⓘ
linked to: Jesus Christ

God ⓘ
domain Christian demonology ⓘ
Christian soteriology ⓘ
eschatologicalRole defeated in final judgment ⓘ
goal to lead humans away from God ⓘ
influences false teachings ⓘ
human desires ⓘ
worldly powers ⓘ
languageOfOrigin English ⓘ
moralValence negative ⓘ
ontologicalStatusInDoctrine created being ⓘ
fallen angel ⓘ
opposes God’s will ⓘ
human salvation ⓘ
the Church ⓘ
refersTo Satan ⓘ
linked to: Iblis

the Devil ⓘ
relatedTitle the Accuser ⓘ
linked to: the Adversary

the Adversary ⓘ
the Evil One ⓘ
linked to: the Devil

the Tempter ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
role ultimate adversary of God ⓘ
ultimate adversary of humanity ⓘ
symbolizes cosmic opposition to divine order ⓘ
spiritual danger to believers ⓘ
theologicalFunction personification of opposition to God ⓘ
personification of spiritual opposition to believers ⓘ
traditionHolds will ultimately be defeated by God ⓘ
usedBy Christian laity ⓘ
Christian preachers ⓘ
Christian theologians ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

the Devil → alsoKnownAs → the Enemy ⓘ
The Screwtape Letters → character → the Enemy ⓘ