Although most of the Catholic Church councils remained remarkably silent on the subject of Satan, in 1215 C.E., the Fourth Lateran Council presented what the New Catholic Encyclopedia terms a “solemn profession of faith. ”
પરંતુ, ૧૨૧૫માં રોમમાંની ચર્ચની ચોથી કાઉન્સીલે વિચાર બદલાવ્યો.