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The last statement is not necessarily true- witchcraft has until very recently been understood to derive power from a concord with the devil.
"been understood to" is doing a lot of shady sleight-of-hand there.
I think the concept of "witches" is older than the concept of "church".
Here, I googled it for you:
“Witches were sometimes said to have communed with demons or with the Devil, though such accusations were mainly made against perceived opponents of the Church.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft (This specific section has a paper citation)