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Modern and late Medieval Christian thought derived from this interpretation that Lucifer is a fallen angel who is Satan, the embodiment of evil and an enemy of God. In Christian literature and legend, Lucifer is generally considered to have been a prominent archangel in heaven (although some sources (Book of Ezekiel 28:14) say he was a cherub or a seraph; who had been motivated by pride to lead a revolution against God, in "The War of Heaven". When the rebellion failed, Lucifer was cast out of heaven, along with a third of the heavenly host, and came to reside in the world. | Modern and late Medieval Christian thought derived from this interpretation that Lucifer is a fallen angel who is Satan, the embodiment of evil and an enemy of God. In Christian literature and legend, Lucifer is generally considered to have been a prominent archangel in heaven (although some sources (Book of Ezekiel 28:14) say he was a cherub or a seraph; who had been motivated by pride to lead a revolution against God, in "The War of Heaven". When the rebellion failed, Lucifer was cast out of heaven, along with a third of the heavenly host, and came to reside in the world. | ||
== Roman poetic appellation == | == Roman poetic appellation == | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
1 "Lucifer". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company. | |||
2 Jewish Encyclopedia: Lucifer | |||
3 Jewish Encyclopedia: "Lucifer"; also "Fall of Angels" | |||
4 Vita Adae et Evae: Text from R. H. Charles, The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament | |||
5 Liutprand of Cremona: Report of his Mission to Constantinople. Retrieved on 2007-06-27. | |||
6 http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/086.htm | |||
7 e.g. Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik, English Translation of the Meaning of Al-Quran: The Guidance for Mankind | |||
8 Freemasonry Disclosed April 1897 | |||
9 Leo Taxil: The tale of the Pope and the Pornographer. Retrieved on 14 September 2006. | |||
10 Nurbakhsh, Javad. The Great Satan 'Eblis.' KNP, 1999. ISBN 0933546238. | |||
11 Cornu (GGr. I ¶ 185) considers Luzbel a folk evolution of Latin lucĭfer (Luz in the Diccionario Crítico Etimológico Castellano e Hispánico, volume III, Joan Corominas, José A. Pascual, 1989, Editorial Gredos, ISBN 84-249-1365-5.). | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
Lucifer in the Catholic Encyclopedia | [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09410a.htm Lucifer in the Catholic Encyclopedia] | ||