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'''Lucifer''' is believed to be a [[fallen angel]] and the [[Devil in Christianity|Devil]] in [[Christian theology]]. Lucifer is associated with the sin of pride and believed to have attempted |
'''Lucifer''' is believed to be a [[fallen angel]] and the [[Devil in Christianity|Devil]] in [[Christian theology]]. Lucifer is associated with the sin of pride and believed to have attempted a usurpation of [[God in Christianity|God]], whereafter being banished to Earth.{{Cite Web |title="Lucifer banished to Earth"|url=https://www.openbible.info/topics/when_was_lucifer_cast_out_of_heaven}} |
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The concept of a fallen angel attempting to overthrow the highest deity parallels [[Attar (god)|Attar's]] attempt to overthrow [[Baal|Ba'al]] in [[Canaanite religion]]; Attar is thrown into the underworld as a result of his failure. The story is alluded to in the [[Isaiah 14|Book of Isaiah]] and transferred to Christian beliefs, and is also used in the [[Vulgate]] (the late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible).{{cite book |last=Kohler |first=Kaufmann |title=Heaven and Hell in Comparative Religion with Special Reference to Dante's Divine Comedy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xIaQYpGrmdIC&q=vulgate&pg=PA5 |date=2006 |isbn=0-7661-6608-2 |pages=4–5 |publisher=[[Kessinger Publishing]] |location=Whitefish, Montana |quote=Lucifer, is taken from the Latin version, the Vulgate }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Originally published New York: The MacMillan Co., 1923. |
The concept of a fallen angel attempting to overthrow the highest deity parallels [[Attar (god)|Attar's]] attempt to overthrow [[Baal|Ba'al]] in [[Canaanite religion]]; Attar is thrown into the underworld as a result of his failure. The story is alluded to in the [[Isaiah 14|Book of Isaiah]] and transferred to Christian beliefs, and is also used in the [[Vulgate]] (the late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible).{{cite book |last=Kohler |first=Kaufmann |title=Heaven and Hell in Comparative Religion with Special Reference to Dante's Divine Comedy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xIaQYpGrmdIC&q=vulgate&pg=PA5 |date=2006 |isbn=0-7661-6608-2 |pages=4–5 |publisher=[[Kessinger Publishing]] |location=Whitefish, Montana |quote=Lucifer, is taken from the Latin version, the Vulgate }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Originally published New York: The MacMillan Co., 1923. |
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