CCC 391
Profession of Faith›SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS›CHAPTER ONE I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER›Paragraph 7. THE FALL
Behind the disobedient choice of our first parents lurks a seductive voice, opposed to God, which makes them fall into death out of envy. Scripture and the Church's Tradition see in this being a fallen angel, called "Satan" or the "devil". The Church teaches that Satan was at first a good angel, made by God: "The devil and the other demons were indeed created naturally good by God, but they became evil by their own doing."
Footnotes
- Cf. ⇒ Gen 3:1-5; Wis 2:24.
- Cf ⇒ Jn 8:44; ⇒ Rev 12:9.
- Lateran Council IV (1215): DS 800.
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