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Amenadiel is a figure from the DC comic Lucifer—a Neil Gaiman comic subsequently released as a 6-season television series in 2016. Amenadiel is portrayed as the older brother of Lucifer and the eldest of the angelic siblings, a...

Christianity is an ancient, widespread religion. Over the centuries, it has built up a wide variety of termss that can get confusing. There are pastors, bishops, ministers, deacons, vicars, cardinals, elders, and popes—to name ...

Because the Bible is long, complex, and technical, it’s easy for people to take a passage out of context and get absorbed in endless details that seem dramatic and engaging but entirely miss the point. The various names for God...

What is “artificial intelligence?” It’s important to understand that when engineers and programmers talk about artificial intelligence, they aren’t actually talking about something that functions like the human brain at all. Wh...

If you’ve been around traditional religion enough, you may have gotten the impression that the Church is not a huge fan of pleasure. Restrictions on food, alcohol, or sex can give the distinct impression that Christianity is ag...

It is common for people to wonder what the Bible says about drugs, drinking, or smoking. This curiosity can be helpful, because it points to the more important discussion of the nature of sin. Let's explore the issue of drinkin...

Who was Isaiah's father? Amoz is one of those Biblical figures connected to prominent people in the Bible, but whom we know very little about. He is explicitly mentioned only thirteen times, all in reference to Isaiah: “Isaiah,...

If you’ve heard of the Book of Enoch, you probably know it’s very weird. It’s an ancient document that claims to be written by the great-grandfather of Noah, a mysterious man who is mentioned in the Bible as being “taken away” ...

Samyaza (also spelled Shemyaza or Semjaza) was the leader of a group of angelic beings described in the Book of Enoch, an ancient Jewish text that influenced early Christians. The text tells the story of a group of beings calle...

Everyone knows that Christmas is in December, but was December actually the month of Christ’s birth? The gospel accounts don’t say, nor does any other book of the New Testament. No one recorded the exact date Jesus was born. Is...

In an apocalyptic vision in the final book of the Bible, St. John offers one of the most awesome and powerful depictions of Jesus in holy scripture. He is riding on a white horse, his eyes are like flame, he wears multiple crow...

What is the Antichrist? There is not a specific person with the title “The Antichrist” in the Bible. Instead, the term “antichrist” is used in the Bible to refer to anybody who opposes Christ. This is often surprising for peop...