The devil is the monkey of God

The devil is the monkey of God ( lat. Diabolus (est) simia Dei ) - a famous maxim that arose in medieval Germany; often found in the writings of Martin Luther. It was later attributed to various Church Fathers of the II-IV centuries ^[1] (Basil the Great ^[2] , Aurelius Augustine, Tertullian, etc.). Aurelius Augustine calls Satan "the monkey of God", because he allegedly unsuccessfully imitates Him ^[3] . Carl Jung, in his work “Psychology and Alchemy,” gives this expression to reflect the image of the trickster.