In the»80s and»90s, Christian author Frank Peretti became a minor celebrity for his Stephen King-esque tales of Christians waging prayerful combat with
the supernatural forces of evil in books like This Present Darkness, Piercing the Darkness and The Oath.
Not exact matches
Although human - nature is free and we have a responsibility in conquering
evil, it is insufficient to conquer the
forces of evil and attain perfect virtue without
supernatural aids.
In other words, running side by side we have the sea as something
evil and something good, and the monster as a
supernatural evil being, a symbol
of anti-God
forces, and a magnificent testimony to God's wisdom and power.
Among them were pantheism and the positions that human reason is the sole arbiter
of truth and falsehood and good and
evil; that Christian faith contradicts reason; that Christ is a myth; that philosophy must be treated without reference to
supernatural revelation; that every man is free to embrace the religion which, guided by the light
of reason, he believes to be true; that Protestantism is another form
of the Christian religion in which it is possible to be as pleasing to God as in the Catholic Church; that the civil power can determine the limits within which the Catholic Church may exercise authority; that Roman Pontiffs and Ecumenical Councils have erred in defining matters
of faith and morals; that the Church does not have direct or indirect temporal power or the right to invoke
force; that in a conflict between Church and State the civil law should prevail; that the civil power has the right to appoint and depose bishops; that the entire direction
of public schools in which the youth
of Christian states are educated must be by the civil power; that the Church should be separated from the State and the State from the Church; that moral laws do not need divine sanction; that it is permissible to rebel against legitimate princes; that a civil contract may among Christians constitute true marriage; that the Catholic religion should no longer be the religion
of the State to the exclusion
of all other forms
of worship; and «that the Roman Pontiff can and should reconcile himself to and agree with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.»
The story takes place in late - 19th - Century London, and revolves around
supernatural forces at work in a «demimonde»
of demons and other
evil creatures.
The film is a YA tale
of a battle between good and
evil supernatural forces, focused around the adolescence
of a young witch, Lena (Alice Englert), whose powers will be claimed either for the light or dark when she hits her 16th birthday.
Ahead
of its release in February, Universal and Legendary Pictures have debuted four new international posters for the upcoming fantasy Seventh Son, which we have for you right here... In a time long past, an
evil is about to be unleashed that will reignite the war between the
forces of the
supernatural and humankind -LSB-...]
In The Mortal Instruments: City
of Bones we are handed the revelation that the world we think we know exists on top
of a
supernatural plane in which the
forces of good and
evil are constantly at war.