Luciferianism
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| '''Luciferianism''' is a belief system that venerates the essential characteristics that are affixed to [[Lucifer]]. The tradition, influenced by [[Gnosticism]], usually reveres Lucifer not as the devil, but as a liberator, a guardian or guiding spirit or even the true god as opposed to [[Jehovah]]. | '''Luciferianism''' is a belief system that venerates the essential characteristics that are affixed to [[Lucifer]]. The tradition, influenced by [[Gnosticism]], usually reveres Lucifer not as the devil, but as a liberator, a guardian or guiding spirit or even the true god as opposed to [[Jehovah]]. | ||
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Luciferianism is a belief system that venerates the essential characteristics that are affixed to Lucifer. The tradition, influenced by Gnosticism, usually reveres Lucifer not as the devil, but as a liberator, a guardian or guiding spirit or even the true god as opposed to Jehovah.
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See also
- Lucifer and Prometheus
- Lucifer of Cagliari, a schismatic early Christian bishop whose followers were known as Luciferians
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