Devil’s Bible

[Serpo]

Devil’s Bible Darkest Secrets Explained (http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2008/12/17/devil_bible/)

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http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/files/2008/12/Devil_codex_Gigas-590x406.jpg Devil's Bible picture shows the portrait of the devil that gave the Codex Gigas its widely used name. According to legend, the Devil's Bible was produced in a single night by a monk who sold his soul to the devil. Photo of Devil's Bible courtesy of WikiMedia Commons/ Kungl. biblioteket.

It’s a mysterious book that in its day was believed to contain all human knowledge. But why did medieval people believe that the author sold his soul to the devil to be able to write it?
The “Devil’s Bible,” a behemoth volume weighing in at 165 pounds, believed to have been produced by a single monk over the course of decades in the 13th Century, is the focus of a documentary that was featured on the National Geographic Channel.
A complete Old Testament and New Testament, and a collection of a number of secular works besides, the Devil’s Bible is an encyclopedia of medieval knowledge. But it has also been haunted by dark speculation, including that its writing was guided by the devil’s hand.
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Devil’s Bible Photo open on the page of the picture showing Satan © MHP
It got its name “Devil’s Bible” from the illustration of the devil on page 290 (in the photo above). It is believed to be the only bible of its era that depicts Satan. There the devil is, looking more like a cartoon character in an ermine diaper, rather than evil incarnate.

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Devil’s Bible (Codex Gigas) manuscript © MHP
What makes the Devil’s Bible such an object of fascination is the back story associated with it. According to the TV show, which I watched when it premiered, the legend about the Devil’s Bible was that it was written by a monk in a single night.
Compact with the devil
The story goes that such a feat was possible only because the monk had made a compact with the devil. The implication is that the devil himself wrote this bible, which is why his portrait adorns it.
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/files/2011/03/Devils-Bible_3.jpgHowever, if the devil inspired the book then there is nothing in it that appears to cast Satan in a good light, at least not that I can find by searching for information on the Web about the Devil’s Bible. (It is more properly known as Codex Gigas, or “Giant Book.”)
Codex Gigas manuscript © MHP


Oldest Bible Reunited Online >> (http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2009/07/oldest-bible-reunited-online.html)



The television show combined the story and the extraordinary history of this giant book with modern forensic science to see what can be established about the Devil’s Bible. The manuscript was definitely produced by one person, according to analysis of the ink and penmanship.
Most likely the producer of the Devil’s Bible was a monk whose name is mentioned in the index and who probably devoted many, many years to the task, perhaps as a form of penance. The Devil’s Bible was written by one person, but it was not written in a single night.
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Devil’s Bible (Codex Gigas) manuscript © MHP
The provenance of this extraordinary book and its unlikely story as well as its journey across centuries, passing through a succession of monasteries and royal palaces to its current destination, the National Library of Sweden (http://www.kb.se/codex-gigas/eng/), is a legitimate story for National Geographic to cover. And it makes good television too.
Exorcism and Magic Spells in the Devil’s Bible
Also included in the Devil’s Bible, on pages that follow the picture of the devil, (the picture below), are detailed instructions for the exorcism of demons or evil from people and objects.
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/files/2011/03/Devil-Bible-Picture-3.jpgThere are also two magic spells, both with specific instructions on how to identify and catch a thief.

Possession by demons was commonly thought during medieval times to be the cause of many illnesses.

The church had specific rituals to exorcise evil by casting demons out of an afflicted person’s body.

In the name of Jesus

According to the Christian New Testament, Jesus gave his disciples the power to cast out evil spirits, which is why scholars believe the medieval exorcists commanded demons to leave an afflicted person’s body “in the name of Jesus Christ.”

The incantations for exorcism would not be out of place in the Devil’s Bible, appearing after this picture of the devil.
Devil’s Bible facts:


The 310 parchment leaves (620 pages) of the Devil’s Bible are made of vellum, from the processed skins of 160 animals, most probably donkeys. Some pages of the Devil’s Bible are thought to have been removed, and no one knows what happened to them.
The entire Devil’s Bible is written in Latin. The calligraphy is lavishly luminated throughout.
Including its wooden case, which is ornamented with metal, the Devil’s Bible is so heavy (about 165 pounds) that it requires at least two adults to carry it.
The portrait of the devil faces a picture of the “City of Heaven,” the only other image in the Devil’s Bible. Some scholars believe that the picture of Heaven negates the portrait of the devil. Others have noted that no people can be seen in the City of Heaven.
Also in the Devil’s Bible is the “encyclopedia” by St. Isidore (http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-isidore-of-seville/), who, more than a millennium after he lived, is regarded as the patron saint of the Internet. Isidore’s Etymologiae was an attempt to record all universal knowledge of his time, the 7th Century.

Devil’s Bible additional information:
Codex Gigas (http://kb.se/codex-gigas/eng/) (Official Codex Gigas site at the National Library of Sweden)
Codex Gigas (http://www.wdl.org/en/item/3042) (World Digital Library’s full digital scan of the entire Devil’s Bible)
Manuscriptorium (http://www.manuscriptorium.com/Site/ENG/free_documents.asp) (Czech-language site’s high-res scans of the Devil’s Bible)







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[StreetsOfGold]

There devil has many "bibles" to cause confusion - RV, NIV, NASV, NAB, CEV, HCSB, NLT, RSV, AMP, ESV, etc. etc.
1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

God only has one English Bible so as NOT to cause confusion - The King James Bible
He had it translated in 1611 when the English language was at it's peak of perfection under the authority of a King.

Ecclesiastes 8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

There devil has many "bibles" to cause confusion - RV, NIV, NASV, NAB, CEV, HCSB, NLT, RSV, AMP, ESV, etc. etc.
1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

God only has one English Bible so as NOT to cause confusion - The King James Bible
He had it translated in 1611 when the English language was at it's peak of perfection under the authority of a King.

Ecclesiastes 8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

So no Christian ever held the word in their hands prior to 1611? Not sure if I am understanding you correctly.

[General of Darkness]

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[vacuum]

That bible looks like a work of art. Amazing.

[Glass]

Exorcism and Magic Spells in the Devil’s Bible
Also included in the Devil’s Bible, on pages that follow the picture of the devil, (the picture below), are detailed instructions for the exorcism of demons or evil from people and objects.
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/files/2011/03/Devil-Bible-Picture-3.jpgThere are also two magic spells, both with specific instructions on how to identify and catch a thief.

Possession by demons was commonly thought during medieval times to be the cause of many illnesses.

The church had specific rituals to exorcise evil by casting demons out of an afflicted person’s body.

In the name of Jesus

According to the Christian New Testament, Jesus gave his disciples the power to cast out evil spirits, which is why scholars believe the medieval exorcists commanded demons to leave an afflicted person’s body “in the name of Jesus Christ.”


The incantations for exorcism would not be out of place in the Devil’s Bible, appearing after this picture of the devil.



I'm very interested in this bit.

There are a lot of old wives tales, wise sayings. Stick in time saves nine for example. Having a monkey on your back is another interesting one. I think it has some thing to do with what they are talking about here. I think in the apparently older and "stupider" times of man they recognized that people could have some bad spirits or bad joojoo going on and they described it like this. As a society today, we don't seem to recognise this. Maybe we never did and it takes the spiritual to be able to identify this happening to people.

I'd like to know what those prayers or invocations are.

[sirgonzo420]

There devil has many "bibles" to cause confusion - RV, NIV, NASV, NAB, CEV, HCSB, NLT, RSV, AMP, ESV, etc. etc.
1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

God only has one English Bible so as NOT to cause confusion - The King James Bible
He had it translated in 1611 when the English language was at it's peak of perfection under the authority of a King.

Ecclesiastes 8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?



The "REAL" bible is not in English at all.

As far as English translations go, I tend to prefer the Geneva to the KJV.

Speaking of King James, I am a bit surprised to see that you would celebrate such an open homosexual (http://etb-history-theology.blogspot.se/2012/03/king-james-was-gay.html).



"Monarchy is the greatest thing on earth. Kings are rightly called gods since just like God they have power of life and death over all their subjects in all things. They are accountable to God only ... so it is a crime for anyone to argue about what a king can do." -King James


The last of James's three close male friends was George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Villiers,_1st_Duke_of_Buckingham), the son of a Leicestershire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicestershire) knight. They had met in 1614, around the same time that the situation with Carr was deteriorating. Buckingham was described as exceptionally handsome, intelligent and honest. In 1615 James knighted him and 8 years later he was the first commoner in more than a century to be elevated to a dukedom. Restoration of Apethorpe Hall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apethorpe_Hall), undertaken 2004–2008, revealed a previously unknown passage linking the bedchambers of James and his favourite, George Villiers.[14] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_relationships_of_James_VI_and_I#cite_note-14)

The King was blunt and unashamed in his avowal of love for Buckingham and compared it to Jesus' love of John (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciple_whom_Jesus_loved):


I, James, am neither a god nor an angel, but a man like any other. Therefore I act like a man and confess to loving those dear to me more than other men. You may be sure that I love the Earl of Buckingham more than anyone else, and more than you who are here assembled. I wish to speak in my own behalf and not to have it thought to be a defect, for Jesus Christ did the same, and therefore I cannot be blamed. Christ had John, and I have George.



17th century commentators, such as poet Théophile de Viau (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9ophile_de_Viau) wrote plainly about the king's relationship. In his poem, Au marquis du Boukinquan, de Viau writes:
"Apollo with his songs / debauched young Hyacinthus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinthus), ... And it is well known that the king of England / fucks the Duke of Buckingham."[15] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_relationships_of_James_VI_and_I#cite_note-15)

Buckingham became good friends with James’s wife Anne; she addressed him in affectionate letters begging him to be "always true" to her husband. In a letter to James, Buckingham said "sir, all the way hither I entertained myself, your unworthy servant, with this dispute, whether you loved me now... better than at the time which I shall never forget at Farnham, where the bed's head could not be found between the master and his dog". James in some letters addressed him as his spouse saying that "I desire only to live in this world for your sake... I had rather live banished in any part of the Earth with you than live a sorrowful widow's life without you... God bless you, my sweet child and wife, and grant that ye may ever be a comfort to your dear dad and husband".[6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_relationships_of_James_VI_and_I#cite_note-Bergeron-6) A few years later James died with Buckingham at his side.

[chad]

king james was a fag? man, i learn new stuff everyday.

[sirgonzo420]

king james was a fag? man, i learn new stuff everyday.

Oh yeah he was a big queer.

He loved penis.


'Queen James' One area of the life of King James that for many years remained clouded in controversy was allegations that James was homosexual. As James did father several children by Anne of Denmark, it is actually more accurate to say that he was allegedly a bi-sexual. While his close relationships with a number of men were noted, earlier historians questioned their sexual nature, however, few modern historians cast any doubt on the King's bisexuality and the fact that his sexuality and choice of male partners both as King of Scotland then later in London as King of England were the subject of gossip from the city taverns to the Privy Council. His relationship as a teenager with fellow teenager Esmé Stuart, Earl of Lennox was criticized by Scottish Church leaders, who were part of a conspiracy to keep the young King and the young French courtier apart, as the relationship was improper to say the least. Lennox, facing threats of death, was forced to leave Scotland.


In the 1580s, King James openly kissed Francis Stewart Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell. Contemporary sources clearly hinted their relationship was a sexual one. When James inherited the English throne from Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, it was openly joked of the new English monarch in London that “Elizabeth was King: now James is Queen!” If there is still any doubt, it should be noted that George Villiers, also held an intimate relationship with King James, about which King James himself was quite open. King James called Villiers his “wife” and called himself Villiers' “husband”! King James died in 1625 of gout and senility. He is buried in the Henry VII chapel in Westminster Abbey, with one of his favorite male suitors on his right, and another on his left.

from http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/king-james.html

[Cebu_4_2]

There is no doubt why she looks so old...


When James inherited the English throne from Queen Elizabeth I in 1603

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hnvrz-Uumbc/TFhbxPNsO_I/AAAAAAAABn8/pK5y4OHKoyw/s1600/queen_elizabeth_ii1244224853.jpg

[StreetsOfGold]

So no Christian ever held the word in their hands prior to 1611? Not sure if I am understanding you correctly.

The King James Bible was the 7th attempt to translate the Bible into English. It's perfect. Of course the word of God was around but not a perfect English translation.
On another note, it took 7 years to complete and 7 men fell away during those years (some died) (777)

[madfranks]

So no Christian ever held the word in their hands prior to 1611? Not sure if I am understanding you correctly.

To be fair, he said "God only has one English Bible", not just one Bible exclusive to all others. I too prefer the King James Bible to the other modern translations, especially "the message" translation. Has anyone here read that? It's like a teenager wrote it in today's pop culture lingo.

[StreetsOfGold]

The "REAL" bible is not in English at all.

As far as English translations go, I tend to prefer the Geneva to the KJV.

Speaking of King James, I am a bit surprised to see that you would celebrate such an open homosexual (http://etb-history-theology.blogspot.se/2012/03/king-james-was-gay.html).

King James had 9 children from the SAME , ONE wife. Queers do not reproduce, they recuit. This rumor was started by a Roman Catholic who hated King James 25 years AFTER he died. After he could not longer defend himself from it and many of the people who knew him better were no longer around to deny it.

Why not read some of his personal writings and see if you really believe he was a queer? NO way, Hosay!

The real King James

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHDiV4EB0Ns You can skip the intro go to 7:00

[sirgonzo420]

King James had 9 children from the SAME , ONE wife. Queers do not reproduce, they recuit. This rumor was started by a Roman Catholic who hated King James 25 years AFTER he died. After he could not longer defend himself from it and many of the people who knew him better were no longer around to deny it.

Why not read some of his personal writings and see if you really believe he was a queer? NO way, Hosay!

The real King James

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHDiV4EB0Ns You can skip the intro go to 7:00


Unless the contemporary accounts are all lies, people in the Kingdom at the time of his reign tended to think him to be homosexual or bisexual, and perhaps not without good reason.

Sir Walter Raleigh was one such contemporary account.

[Serpo]

Ah to be a King and a Queen at the same time......

[Glass]

There was some history I was reading about the occults revered philosphers. Sir Francis Bacon turns up in that era. There is a bit of a discussion about the concept of "Masculine Love".


His Ganimeds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganymede_%28mythology%29) and Favourites tooke Bribes",[18] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon#cite_note-20) biographers continue to debate about Bacon's sexual inclinations and the precise nature of his personal relationships.[c] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon#cite_note-21) Several authors[19] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon#cite_note-22)[20] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon#cite_note-23) believe that despite his marriage Bacon was primarily attracted to the same sex. Professor Forker[21] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon#cite_note-24) for example has explored the "historically documentable sexual preferences" of both King James and Bacon – and concluded they were all oriented to "masculine love", a contemporary term that "seems to have been used exclusively to refer to the sexual preference of men for members of their own gender."[22] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon#cite_note-25) The Jacobean antiquarian, Sir Simonds D'Ewes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simonds_D%27Ewes) implied there had been a question of bringing him to trial for buggery.[23]
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon#cite_note-26)
This conclusion has been disputed by others,[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon#cite_note-Character_Assassination-11)[24] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon#cite_note-27)[25] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon#cite_note-28)[26] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon#cite_note-29)[27] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon#cite_note-30) who point to lack of consistent evidence, and consider the sources to be more open to interpretation. In his "New Atlantis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Atlantis)", Bacon describes his utopian island as being "the chastest nation under heaven", in which there was no prostitution or adultery, and further saying that "as for masculine love, they have no touch of it".[28] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon#cite_note-Atlantis1627-31)



wiki on Bacon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon)

For interest, that Elizabeth is in no way related to the earlier Elizabeth. Completely different families. In fact QEI was the 2nd last monarch from that line before it was severed by Cromwell. Might be 3rd last monarch.

[Neuro]

Unless the contemporary accounts are all lies, people in the Kingdom at the time of his reign tended to think him to be homosexual or bisexual, and perhaps not without good reason.

Sir Walter Raleigh was one such contemporary account.
According to the minister in SOG's video, there are no such contemporary accounts, he asserts that there were no allegations of homosexuality until 25 years after king James death, and that he was a chaste man of outmost moral. To me the minister sounded honest, well read, to the point and factual. If there are contemporary accounts, it shouldn't be too difficult to find those...
Just one more thing to add. The king James bible was not the first bible issued by a monark in its own language. There was a Swedish bible in 1540-41 issued by the Swedish king Gustav Vasa...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Vasa_Bible

[Horn]

According to the minister in SOG's video, there are no such contemporary accounts, he asserts that there were no allegations of homosexuality until 25 years after king James death, and that he was a chaste man of outmost moral. To me the minister sounded honest, well read, to the point and factual. If there are contemporary accounts, it shouldn't be too difficult to find those...
Just one more thing to add. The king James bible was not the first bible issued by a monark in its own language. There was a Swedish bible in 1540-41 issued by the Swedish king Gustav Vasa...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Vasa_Bible

George Villiers seems to have been given all the privelages a King might grant his Queen.

I see no other conclusion to believe he was anything but the Queen.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/George_Villiers_Duke_of_Buckingham_and_Family_1628 _.jpg

[chad]

it's the catholics AGAIN? lol

[hoarder]

There is no doubt why she looks so old...



http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hnvrz-Uumbc/TFhbxPNsO_I/AAAAAAAABn8/pK5y4OHKoyw/s1600/queen_elizabeth_ii1244224853.jpgThat woman looks very Khazarish!

[Neuro]

That woman looks very Khazarish!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64543286@N00/3483963599/lightbox/
Sisters?