@meena the first devil's advocates were catholic priests arguing against making someone a saint
So I'm pretty sure Satan's used to that bullshit by now and has a special little place in hell for them
@meena yeah, comes from Advocatus Diaboli (latin for Devil's Advocate), they were a canon lawyer that had the job of uncovering any character flaws or misrepresentation of evidence favouring the canonisation of a candidate
They served as the party advocating against making someone a saint, and were up against the Advocatus Dei (God's Advocate) who were arguing that someone should be made a saint
@meena yeah, it's meant to be for the sake of debate between people acting in good faith (pun not intended) but everyone knows how debates go on the internet
