Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: dragon!cms@gatech.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Lucifer\ Message-ID: Date: 12 Dec 90 03:30:39 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Computer Projects Unlimited Lines: 35 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , dcyprich@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Dusan J. Cyprich) writes: > Hi Joel. Read Isaiah 14:12-15. It talks about how Satan wanted to be > like God (in His place) and how Lucifer is cast out of Heaven. It should > give you a start ... > > God bless > djc > > [huh? Is 14:12-15 is part of a "taunt against the king of Babylon" > (14:4). The reference to him as the Day Star, Son of the Dawn looks > to me like an ironical comment on his pride, since the rest of the > passage is more appropriate to a king than Satan. --clh] My Pocket Catholic Dictionary (I can't seem to locate the Modern Catholic Dictionary anywhere) says: "LUCIFER. The name is sometimes applied to a king of Babylon (Isaiah 14:12), but the Fathers of the Church commonly identify Lucifer with Satan, leader of the fallen angels. In the Church's writings it is a synonym for the devil, the Prince of Darkness, who before he fell was an angel of light. In the Scriptures, Christ is also called Phosphoros -- Light-Bearer (II Peter 1:19). (Etym. Latin lucifer, light-bearer.)" -- Sincerely, Cindy Smith _///_ // SPAWN OF A JEWISH _///_ // _///_ // <`)= _<< CARPENTER _///_ //<`)= _<< <`)= _<< _///_ // \\\ \\ \\ _\\\_ <`)= _<< \\\ \\ \\\ \\ <`)= _<< >IXOYE=('> \\\ \\ \\\ \\_///_ // // /// _///_ // _///_ // emory!dragon!cms <`)= _<< _///_ // <`)= _<< <`)= _<< \\\ \\<`)= _<< \\\ \\ \\\ \\ GO AGAINST THE FLOW! \\\ \\ A Real Live Catholic in Georgia