restingOface@quokk.au to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoLord Lucifer, hear my prayersquokk.auimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1723arrow-down120
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minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoUse of the word Lucifer to mean Satan predates Dante. https://www.academia.edu/30735419/The_Use_of_the_Bible_in_the_Arengae_of_Pope_Gregory_IXs_Crusade_Calls_in_The_Uses_of_the_Bible_in_Crusader_Sources_ed_Elizabeth_Lapina_and_Nicholas_Morton_Leiden_Brill_2017_pp_206_235
minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 hours agoAbsolutely! And I never claimed it didn’t. However, the solidification of what “hell” is, and what “Lucifer” looks like, is in large part thanks to popular sources like Dante and Milton.
Use of the word Lucifer to mean Satan predates Dante.
https://www.academia.edu/30735419/The_Use_of_the_Bible_in_the_Arengae_of_Pope_Gregory_IXs_Crusade_Calls_in_The_Uses_of_the_Bible_in_Crusader_Sources_ed_Elizabeth_Lapina_and_Nicholas_Morton_Leiden_Brill_2017_pp_206_235
Absolutely! And I never claimed it didn’t. However, the solidification of what “hell” is, and what “Lucifer” looks like, is in large part thanks to popular sources like Dante and Milton.