Tertullian was a writer in the early church. He explains that Satan wished to be God and copied Him. IOW, he "aped" Him, like a monkey will copy the people looking at him. Tradition in Tertullian's time saw heretics imitating Christian sacraments, just like Satanists do now, e.i., black masses.
Maybe we should start calling Satanists, "Apes," when they hold their masses and baptisms and mimic the Eucharist.
St. Dominic and the Devil by Pietro della Vecchiaabout 1630.
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