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However, the Bible does claim that Lucifer was the most beautiful of your God's creations.

<>It has been a LONG time since I asked you to source this in the Bible.<> The reference is Ezekiel 28. The description of the "King of Tyre" is taken to be a description of Lucifer due to the Eden reference and the parallel to Isaiah 14's description of the fall of Lucifer.

167 posted on 10/27/2002 3:45 AM PST by drstevej

Thank-you drstevej... I knew it was in there somewhere.

<> drstevej is wrong, sorry Sir F. As the Douai notes "The King of Tyre, by his dignity and his natural perfections, bore in himself a certain resemblance to God by reason of which might be called the seal of reseemblace, & ect. But what is here said to him is commonly said of Lucifer, the king over all the children of pride. A seal is perfect when it represents things exactly. The prophet speaks ironically, to repress the King's vanity>

Sorry, both of you. Care to try again:)<>

CG, I said the description of the "King of Tyre" is taken to be a description of lucifer. Biblical scholars are not all agreed on the identity of the King of Tyre. Many see this as either a dierct reference to Lucifer or a comparison of the King (or Prince) of Tyre to Lucifer.

In any case I was pointing out to our friend the passages usually given as reference for the point he cited. The Douai is one interpretation of the text, but hardly the only possible interpretation. It is not an easy passage to interpret.