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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.
Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15 So it is not strange if his ministers also disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their end will match their deeds. — 2 Corinthians, 11:14-15 [ 13 ]
While the devil is identified with the cherub in Ezekiel 28:13–15, [226] this conflicts with the view that the devil was among the highest angels, who are, according to Pseudo-Dionysius, the seraphim. [227] Thomas Aquinas quotes Gregory the Great who stated that Satan "surpassed [the angels] all in glory". [228]
Martin Luther's (1483–1546) Sermons of the Angels merely recount the exploits of the fallen angels, and does not deal with an angelic hierarchy. [105] Satan and his fallen angels are believed to be responsible for some misfortune in the world, but Luther always believed that the power of the good angels exceeds those of the fallen ones. [106]
In Matthew 18:10 Jesus warns not to despise children because "their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven." Luke 20:34–36 affirms that, like the angels, "those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, and they can no longer die."
The Fallen Angel (1847) by Alexandre Cabanel. The most common meaning for Lucifer in English is as a name for the Devil in Christian theology.He appeared in the King James Version of the Bible in Isaiah [1] and before that in the Vulgate (the late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible), [2] not as the name of a devil but as the Latin word lucifer (uncapitalized), [3] [4] meaning "the ...
In the Quran, Satan is apparently an angel, [185] while, in 18:50, he is described as "from the jinns". [185] This, combined with the fact that he describes himself as having been made from fire, posed a major problem for Muslim exegetes of the Quran, [185] who disagree on whether Satan is a fallen angel or the leader of a group of evil jinn. [195]
The tradition usually reveres Lucifer not as the Devil, but as a destroyer, a guardian, liberator, [1] light bringer or guiding spirit to darkness, [2] or even the true god. [1] According to Ethan Doyle White of the Britannica, among those who "called themselves Satanists or Luciferians", some insist that Lucifer is an entity separate from ...