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As a result, Lucifer was identified with the devil in Christianity and in Christian popular literature, [2] as in Dante Alighieri's Inferno, Joost van den Vondel's Lucifer, and John Milton's Paradise Lost. [73] [74] Early medieval Christianity fairly distinguished between Lucifer and Satan. While Lucifer, as the devil, is fixated in hell, Satan ...
The Gospel of John only uses the name Satan three times. [88] In John 8:44, Jesus says that his Jewish or Judean enemies are the children of the Devil rather than the children of Abraham. [88] The same verse describes the Devil as "a man-killer from the beginning" [88] and "a liar and the father of lying."
The Luciferian label—in the sense of Lucifer-worshipper—was first used in the Gesta Treverorum in 1231 for a religious circle led by a woman named Lucardis (Luckhardis). It was said that in private she lamented the fall of Lucifer (Satan) and yearned for his restoration to heavenly rule. The sect was exposed by the Papal Inquisition.
The devil is generally identified with Satan, the accuser in the Book of Job. [92] Only rarely are Satan and the devil depicted as separate entities. [93] Much of the lore of the devil is not biblical. It stems from post-medieval Christian expansions on the scriptures influenced by medieval and pre-medieval popular mythology. [94]
The Book of Satan: The Infernal Diatribe, The Book of Lucifer: The Enlightenment, The Book of Belial: Mastery of the Earth, and The Book of Leviathan: The Raging Sea. [30] This association was inspired by the demonic hierarchy from The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage. Satan (Hebrew) "Lord of the Inferno":
The Book of Moses, included in the LDS standard works canon, references the war in heaven and Satan's origin as a fallen angel of light. [15] The concept of a war in heaven at the end of time became an addendum to the story of Satan's fall at the genesis of time—a narrative which included Satan and a third of all of heaven's angels.
Lucifer and Satan appear in Granblue Fantasy as separate entities, but they are connected as Lucifer holds the seal that keeps Satan (renamed “Black Beast”) from terrorizing the world. Lucifer also appears as a secret boss in Final Fantasy II in the palace of Arubboth. The devil is the final boss in Tekken 2.
Satan, also known as Lucifer, was formerly the Angel of Light and once tried to usurp the power of God. As punishment, God banished Satan out of Heaven to an eternity in Hell as the ultimate sinner. Dante illustrates a less powerful Satan than most standard depictions; he is slobbering, wordless, and receives the same punishments in Hell as the ...