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Mammon
Sept 30, 2007 14:05:17 GMT -5
Post by Brad-LaSpirits on Sept 30, 2007 14:05:17 GMT -5
Mammon in the Bible
In the Bible, "mammon" is not a demon but simply an Aramaic word meaning "wealth" or "property." Matthew states:
No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 6:24 Mammon in Paradise Lost
Milton wrote of Mammon:
Mammon led them on-- Mammon, the least erected Spirit that fell From Heaven; for even in Heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific. By him first Men also, and by his suggestion taught, Ransacked the centre, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures better hid. Soon had his crew Opened into the hill a spacious wound, And digged out ribs of gold... - Paradise Lost, Book i, 678-690
Milton then continued by attributing a rather lengthy speech on motivations for a rebellion against heaven in Book ii, 228-290
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