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    It is not the case that Satan and the beast function as archetypal exemplars whose fate defines the eschatological category, following the Augustinian principle in City of God Book 21 that the wicked share the demons' eternal punishment.

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    • 1.Augustine distinguishes demons' pre-fall nature from human moral development, suggesting their punishment may not be categorically identical to humans'.
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    • 2.Archetypal exemplars need not determine individual outcomes; their symbolic function can work independently of prescribing universal eschatological categories.
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    • 3.Christian soteriology emphasizes human free will and grace differently than angelic nature, complicating claims that both follow identical eschatological logic.
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    • 1.Augustine explicitly argues in City of God 21 that demons and wicked humans share eternal punishment, establishing theological precedent for linked fates.
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    • 2.Archetypal figures like Satan embody moral categories whose ultimate destiny demonstrates the nature of evil's consequences across all instances.
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    • 3.Eschatological symmetry requires that those who reject divine order face the same ontological separation as rebellion's originators.
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