[“You should also know the following subterfuge of the demons: at times they divide themselves into groups. Some come with a temptation; and when you ask for help others come in the guise of angels and chase away the first, to make you believe that they are true angels, and fall into vainglory, through having been granted such a thing.”]
Did you learn that from the Screwtape Letter?..
“Did you learn that from the Screwtape Letter?..”
Oh no, hp; its far older than that, 5th century.