Oops of the Day

Satan’s name was Lucifer.

Isaiah 14:12a – Revelation 22:16

Fact of the Day 

No!  “Morning star” is a translation of the Hebrew word “lucifer”.  Further, “morning star” is a translation of the Greek word “Venus”.  Making “morning star” into a proper name is  like saying the name of goodbye is Veedkolu. It’s just a Telugu translation of goodbye.

• If the name of morning star is Lucifer,
• then the Bible said Jesus was Satan
• when he was called the morning star in Revelation.

The word “lucifer” was just a noun. But in 382 AD, Catholic Bishop Jerome was hired by the pope to translate the Bible into Latin. Jerome capitalized the noun and turned it into a proper name for Satan.

• Tertullian (AD 160-225) never called Satan Lucifer & never said he fell.
• Augustine of Hippo (354-430) never called Satan Lucifer and never said he fell.
• John Calvin wrote that using Isaiah 14:12 re. Satan arose from ignorance.
• Martin Luther wrote that it was a gross error to claim Isaiah 14:12 refers to Satan.

There were Catholic Bishops named Lucifer:

• Lucifer of Siena was made a Catholic bishop in 306.
• Lucifer of Cagliari was made a Catholic bishop in 370.