Posted by Anne Onymous on Sun, 12/23/2001 - 11:32pm.
Archived comment by Saint:
If I remember correctly from Bible as Lit, Lucifer and Satan are NOT the same dude.
Satan was the Adversary in more-or-less legal sense, as Arlene has said; in fact, "Satan" is derived from a Hebrew word that basically means "prosecuting attorney."
I also seem to remember that Lucifer got a bad rap. His name was mentioned in some passage along the lines of "Oh Lucifer how far thou are fallen" (not the exact quote, obviously, but something like that). Problem is, the text was actually refering to a bad king, and Lucifer's name was just thrown in for emphasis. Change the line to "Oh God how far thou are fallen" and you see what I mean.
If I remember correctly from Bible as Lit, Lucifer and Satan are NOT the same dude.
Satan was the Adversary in more-or-less legal sense, as Arlene has said; in fact, "Satan" is derived from a Hebrew word that basically means "prosecuting attorney."
I also seem to remember that Lucifer got a bad rap. His name was mentioned in some passage along the lines of "Oh Lucifer how far thou are fallen" (not the exact quote, obviously, but something like that). Problem is, the text was actually refering to a bad king, and Lucifer's name was just thrown in for emphasis. Change the line to "Oh God how far thou are fallen" and you see what I mean.