Christian Demons

If you read the title of this essay carefully you might have wondered how a demon could ever be a Christian. "Demons", you might say, are evil and rebellious, while "Christians", good ones that is, are obedient and Godlike. That is why we have two different words - one word for each kind of being, otherwise we would need only one word to describe both things.
The very word "demon" by its association with the rebellion in heaven, the wild man in the tombs, the son who threw himself repeatedly to the ground, and the beings who shouted "My name is Legion, for we are many!" means an enemy of…