This sounds rather strange. John 8:44 quotes Jesus speaking of Satan, "He
was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because
there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own
nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
Carol
At 08:29 AM 12/9/1999 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 12-9-1999 6:29:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>> I received an email from a colleague recently which said that he
understood
>> it to be a Catholic tradition that "the devil cannot lie, mislead perhaps,
>> but never lie outright." However, he had been unable to find reference to
>it
>> in any texts, orthodox or otherwise. I was likewise unable to help.
>> Can anybody point us in a suitable direction?
>> John H Hall
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