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The Prince of Darkness is a term used in John Milton's poem Paradise Lost referring to Satan as the embodiment of evil. It is an English translation of the Latin phrase princeps tenebrarum, which occurs in the Acts of Pilate, written in the 4th century, in the Historia Francorum by Gregory of Tours (6th century), [1] in the 11th-century hymn Rhythmus de die mortis by Pietro Damiani, [2] and in ...
Manichaean missionaries adjusted the name of the Prince of Darkness depending on the audience. Towards Christians , they commonly used the name Satanas . [ 3 ] In relation to Islam , the expression Iblīs al-Qadīm ( The Ancient Iblis ) can be found, [ 3 ] but is also referred to as al-Šayṭān . [ 4 ]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Prince of Darkness holds an approval rating of 63%, based on 40 reviews, and an average rating of 6.2/10. Its consensus reads, "Prince of Darkness has a handful of chillingly clever ideas, but they aren't enough to put John Carpenter's return to horror at the same level as his classic earlier outings."
God created good and inhabits the realm of light, while the devil (also called the prince of darkness [117] [118]) created evil and inhabits the kingdom of darkness. The contemporary world came into existence, when the kingdom of darkness assaulted the kingdom of light and mingled with the spiritual world. [ 119 ]
A Prince of Darkness, an 1884 novel by Florence Warden; Prince of Darkness, a 1969 novel by Barbara Mertz, writing as Barbara Michaels; Mörkrets furste, eller Djävulstornets hemlighet, a. k. a. The Prince of Darkness, a 1975 novel by Sam J. Lundwall; The Prince of Darkness, a 1978 novel by Jean Plaidy, the fourth volume in The Plantagenet Saga
In Manichaeism, the archons are the rulers of a realm within the "Kingdom of Darkness", who together make up the Prince of Darkness. In The Hypostasis of the Archons, the physical appearance of Archons is described as hermaphroditic, with their faces being those of beasts. [2] [3] [4]
Kevin Sullivan, the professional wrestler known as "The Taskmaster" and the "Prince of Darkness," has died at age 74, World Wrestling Entertainment announced Friday morning. No cause of death was ...
The Manual of Discipline identifies the Angel of Light as God himself. The Angel of Darkness is identified in the same scroll as Belial. [12] Also in The Dead Sea Scrolls is a recounting of a dream of Amram, the father of Moses, who finds two watchers contesting over him. One is Belial who is described as the King of Evil and Prince of Darkness.