Things in the Bible not really in the Bible...and a few surprises
Oops of the Day
The name of the devil is Lucifer.
Isaiah 14:12a – Revelation 22:16
Fact of the Day
No! Lucifer is Latin for the Hebrew word meaning “light bearer”, sometimes also called “morning star”.
If the name, Lucifer, is Satan’s name, then the Bible said Jesus was Satan in Revelation 22:16.
Actually, there were two Catholic bishops by the name of Lucifer – “light bearer”.
- In 270, Lucifer of Cagliari was made a bishop.
- In 306, Lucifer of Siena was made a bishop.
In 382, Jerome, a Catholic priest, was hired by the pope to translate the Bible from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, into Latin. Jerome capitalized the noun “light bearer” and turned it into a proper name – Lucifer – in Isaiah 14:12. But…
- 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.
- Martin Luther (1483-1546) wrote that it was a “gross error” to claim Isaiah 14:12 referfed to Satan.
- John Calvin (1509-1564) wrote that using Isaiah 14:12 to prove Satan’s name was Lucifer “arose from ignorance”
Regardless, in 1611, the King James Version failed to translate the Latin word, lucifer, into English, but kept the word untranslated, thus “officially” leading readers to believe Satan’s name was Lucifer.
The popularity of using this scripture to declare Satan’s name as Lucifer seems to have grown during medieval literature, intermingling European folklore with Jerome’s Lucifer.
- Around 1000, Beowulf and Lucifer intermingle as the same person.
- In 1540, Faust referred to Satan as Lucifer.
- In 1667 John Milton, in his Paradise Lost, named Satan Lucifer.
Also, during the Middle ages, in Islam, Lucifer was an archangel assisted by the Jinn Iblis who had rebelled against Allah.
More tomorrow….
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