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FALLEN ANGEL
***** fallen angel *****
In Abrahamic religions, a fallen angel
is an angel that has been exiled or
banished from Heaven. Often such
banishment is a punishment for
disobeying or rebelling against God.
It is generally accepted by most
Christians that the fallen angels were
cast out of Heaven because of free will.
Pride, being the most grave of sins, is
usually taught as the reason the angels
were expelled from Heaven.
Origen
Origen, a father of the early Christian Church,
believed that God had created all angels to be
equal and free. However, in possessing the
power of free will, some of them began to
move further away from God of their own
volition.
Origen states metaphorically that, although
some angels fell and became humans or
demons, all hope is not lost. By practicing
virtue, men and demons can again become
angels. While considered an early Father of
the Church, Origen was deemed a heretic as
a result of some of his writings and teachings,
which did not conform to accepted scripture or
tradition. Mainly, his concept of Apocatastasis,
the belief that all beings (humans, fallen angels,
demons and Satan) will return to God through
God's love and mercy, was deemed unacceptable
at that time. His excommunication was
posthumously reversed.
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the word 'demon' comes from the greek 'daimon'
that means 'spirit'.
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Lucifer
Lucifer is a Latin word meaning "light-bearer"
(from lux, lucis, "light", and ferre, "to bear, bring"),
a Roman astrological term for the "Morning Star",
the planet Venus. The word Lucifer was the direct
translation of the Greek eosphorus ("dawn-bearer";
cf. Greek phosphorus, "light-bearer") used by
Jerome in the Vulgate, having mythologically the
same meaning as Prometheus who brought fire to
humanity. In that passage, Isaiah 14:12, it referred
to one of the popular honorific titles of a Babylonian
king; however, later interpretations of the text, and
the influence of embellishments in works such as
Dante's The Divine Comedy and Milton's Paradise Lost,
led to the common idea in Christian mythology and
folklore that Lucifer was a poetic appellation of Satan.
(source: Wikipedia)
***** note added by the author *****
The Spiritist Doctrine tells us that an
Angel is the Spirit that has reached the
Perfection, after passing thru all stages
imposed by the Reincarnation Principle.
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FALLEN ANGEL
***** fallen angel *****
In Abrahamic religions, a fallen angel
is an angel that has been exiled or
banished from Heaven. Often such
banishment is a punishment for
disobeying or rebelling against God.
It is generally accepted by most
Christians that the fallen angels were
cast out of Heaven because of free will.
Pride, being the most grave of sins, is
usually taught as the reason the angels
were expelled from Heaven.
Origen
Origen, a father of the early Christian Church,
believed that God had created all angels to be
equal and free. However, in possessing the
power of free will, some of them began to
move further away from God of their own
volition.
Origen states metaphorically that, although
some angels fell and became humans or
demons, all hope is not lost. By practicing
virtue, men and demons can again become
angels. While considered an early Father of
the Church, Origen was deemed a heretic as
a result of some of his writings and teachings,
which did not conform to accepted scripture or
tradition. Mainly, his concept of Apocatastasis,
the belief that all beings (humans, fallen angels,
demons and Satan) will return to God through
God's love and mercy, was deemed unacceptable
at that time. His excommunication was
posthumously reversed.
----- a note added to the text -----
the word 'demon' comes from the greek 'daimon'
that means 'spirit'.
--------------------------------------------
Lucifer
Lucifer is a Latin word meaning "light-bearer"
(from lux, lucis, "light", and ferre, "to bear, bring"),
a Roman astrological term for the "Morning Star",
the planet Venus. The word Lucifer was the direct
translation of the Greek eosphorus ("dawn-bearer";
cf. Greek phosphorus, "light-bearer") used by
Jerome in the Vulgate, having mythologically the
same meaning as Prometheus who brought fire to
humanity. In that passage, Isaiah 14:12, it referred
to one of the popular honorific titles of a Babylonian
king; however, later interpretations of the text, and
the influence of embellishments in works such as
Dante's The Divine Comedy and Milton's Paradise Lost,
led to the common idea in Christian mythology and
folklore that Lucifer was a poetic appellation of Satan.
(source: Wikipedia)
***** note added by the author *****
The Spiritist Doctrine tells us that an
Angel is the Spirit that has reached the
Perfection, after passing thru all stages
imposed by the Reincarnation Principle.