Demons
(δαίμονες, also allotrioi, lit. “strangers, aliens”), evil spirits. In addition to rejecting the view that demons were offspring of marriages between angels and daughters of Cain (Gen 6:1–4), Christianity also repudiated the dualist idea of uncreated demons, who were creators of the material world. God created them good and with free will, but they chose the path of evil because of their envy of man. Sometimes they were identified with pagan gods.... ...
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