Lanterne of Light classification of demons In 1409-1410 The Lanterne of Light (an anonymous English Lollard tract often attributed to John Wycliffe)Milford, Humphrey. "Introduction", The Lanterne of Liȝt. Oxford University Press, 1917 provided a classification system based on the seven deadly sins, with each demon tempting people by means of those sins.Morton W. Bloomfield, The Seven Deadly Sins, Michigan State College Press, 1952, pp.214-215.Anonymous, text The Lanterne of Liȝt, ed Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1917, page 60; quote: "Þe firste is Lucifer/ þat regneþ in his malice.̉ ouer þe children of pride/ Þe secounde is clepid Belzebub.̉ þat lordiþ ouer envious/ Þe þridde deuel is Sathanas.̉ & wraþþe is his lordschip/ Þe fourþe is clepid Abadon.̉ þe slowȝ ben hise retenwe/ Þe fifþe deuel is Mammon.̉ & haþ wiþ him þe auarouse/ and also oone þat is his feere.̉ a foule synne couetise/ Þe sixte is clepid Belphegor.̉ þat is þe god of glotouns ‖ Þe seuenþ deuel is Asmodeus.̉ þat leediþ wiþ him þe leccherouse ‖" This list was later used in the works of John Taylor, the Water Poet.John Taylor, Works of John Taylor, the Water Poet, Volume 2, Spenser Society, 1873, p33 Lucifer: pride Beelzebub: envy (envious) Sathanas : wrath (wraþþe) Abadon : sloth (slowȝ) Mammon: greed (avarous) Belphegor: gluttony (gloutons) Belial: lust (lecherous)
Lanterne of Light classification of demons In 1409-1410 The Lanterne of Light (an anonymous English Lollard tract often attributed to John Wycliffe)Milford, Humphrey. "Introduction", The Lanterne of Liȝt. Oxford University Press, 1917 provided a classification system based on the seven deadly sins, with each demon tempting people by means of those sins.Morton W. Bloomfield, The Seven Deadly Sins, Michigan State College Press, 1952, pp.214-215.Anonymous, text The Lanterne of Liȝt, ed Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1917, page 60; quote: "Þe firste is Lucifer/ þat regneþ in his malice.̉ ouer þe children of pride/ Þe secounde is clepid Belzebub.̉ þat lordiþ ouer envious/ Þe þridde deuel is Sathanas.̉ & wraþþe is his lordschip/ Þe fourþe is clepid Abadon.̉ þe slowȝ ben hise retenwe/ Þe fifþe deuel is Mammon.̉ & haþ wiþ him þe auarouse/ and also oone þat is his feere.̉ a foule synne couetise/ Þe sixte is clepid Belphegor.̉ þat is þe god of glotouns ‖ Þe seuenþ deuel is Asmodeus.̉ þat leediþ wiþ him þe leccherouse ‖" This list was later used in the works of John Taylor, the Water Poet.John Taylor, Works of John Taylor, the Water Poet, Volume 2, Spenser Society, 1873, p33 Lucifer: pride Beelzebub: envy (envious) Abadon : wrath (wraþþe) Sathanas : sloth (slowȝ) Mammon: greed (avarous) Belphegor: gluttony (gloutons) Belial: lust (lecherous)
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