But Christian missions introduced the Crucified and Risen Jesus Christ as Victor over
cosmic forces of evil, which released the people from fear of malevolent spirits.
Not exact matches
Christmas Day celebrates
cosmic warfare — collision between heaven and the
forces of evil embodied in the political and religious powers
of the day.
For our struggle is not against enemies
of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the
cosmic powers
of this present darkness, against the spiritual
forces of evil in the heavenly places.
They include the naming
of angels (Michael, Raphael and so on); a personal Devil (which Satan later became) with accompanying demons; a Book
of Life which records the deeds
of people during their lifetime; a coming
cosmic conflict in which the
forces of evil will be finally overthrown; the separation
of the soul from the body at death; a general resurrection and a universal judgement; and an afterlife with rewards and punishments.
Doctor Doom is apparently a little concerned by this and would rather Galactus didn't do that so he begins a search for the enormously powerful
Cosmic Bricks and starts amassing a bunch
of ne'er - do - wells like Magneto and busts Loki out
of his prison to raise an
evil force of the criminally unhinged.