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|description=The planet Venus, as the bright “Morning Star”. Before Milton, Lucifer had never been a name of the Devil. Quite the reverse, since the Christian Saviour is made to say of himself in ''Revelations ''(xvi. 22.) “I am . . . the bright morning star” or Lucifer. One of the early Popes of Rome bore that name; and there was even a Christian sect in the fourth century which was called the ''Luciferians.'' {{ctd-source|TG}} | |description=The planet Venus, as the bright “Morning Star”. Before Milton, Lucifer had never been a name of the Devil. Quite the reverse, since the Christian Saviour is made to say of himself in ''Revelations ''(xvi. 22.) “I am . . . the bright morning star” or Lucifer. One of the early Popes of Rome bore that name; and there was even a Christian sect in the fourth century which was called the ''Luciferians.'' {{ctd-source|TG}} | ||
|library | |library links=[[:Category:Lucifer files|Lucifer files]]; [[Lucifer/Vol1|Table of volume contents]] | ||
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