title: The Devil is in the Details An Illustration collection of  fiendish art of Satan through the ages
author: E. R. Vernor
description: E.R. Vernor, Corvis Nocturnum is an author, publisher and lecturer who has written over two dozen books on popular culture. The content ranges from vampires and zombies to the Devil and the occult. He has also been a consultant for A&amp;E ChannelsParanormal State. He has appeared as a repeated guest speaker at Dragon Con, Scarefest, Parafest, and International Left Hand Path Consortium. He has been interviewed on the BET Channels The Lexi Show episode The Church of Satan. He was also interviewed in an October 2009 Penthouse Magazine article on sex and Satanism. The Reverend is also a media representative for the Church of Satan.
zlib_text: THE NOONDAY DEVIL
  
  JEAN-CHARLES NAULT, O.S.B.  
   _Abbot of Saint-Wandrille_
  
  ## THE NOONDAY DEVIL
  
  _Acedia, the Unnamed Evil  
  of Our Times_
  
  Foreword by  
  MARC CARDINAL OUELLET  
   _Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops_
  
  Translated by  
  Michael J. Miller
  
  IGNATIUS PRESS    SAN FRANCISCO
  
  Original French title:  
   _Le démon de midi --L'acédie,  
  mal obscur de notre temps_  
  (C) 2013 by L'Échelle de Jacob, Dijon, France
  
  Unless otherwise indicated, citations from Church  
  documents are taken from the Vatican website:  
  www.vatican.va
  
  Cover art:  
   _The Absinthe Drinker_  
  Edgar Degas (1834--1917)  
  Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France  
  (C) Scala / Art Resource
  
  Cover design by Roxanne Mei Lum
  
  (C) 2015 by Ignatius Press, San Francisco  
  All rights reserved  
  ISBN 978-1-58617-939-7 (PB)  
  ISBN 978-1-68149-687-0 (EB)  
  Library of Congress Control Number 2014944002  
  Printed in the United States of America
  
  ### Contents
  
  Acknowledgments
  
  Foreword
  
  Abbreviations
  
  Introduction
  
  1\. Evagrius and 