Lucifer Help support New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download or CD-ROM. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more — all for only $19.99... (Hebrew helel; Septuagint heosphoros, Vulgate lucifer) The name Lucifer originally denotes the planet Venus, emphasizing its brilliance. The Vulgate employs the word also for the light of the morning (Job 11:17), the signs of the zodiac (Job 38:32), and the aurora (Psalm 109:3). Metaphorically, the word is applied to the King of Babylon (Isaiah 14:12) as preeminent among the princes of his time; to the high priest Simon son of Onias (Ecclesiasticus 50:6), for his surpassing virtue, to the glory of heaven (Apocalypse 2:28), by reason of its excellency; finally to Jesus Christ himself (2 Peter 1:19; Apocalypse 22:16; the Exultet of Holy Saturday) the true light of our spiritual life.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 16:30:03 +0000
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