Template:Did you know nominations/Devil in Christianity

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 06:00, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Devil in Christianity

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The blue angel is arguably the oldest Christian depiction of the devil, who gathers the sinners symbolized by goats. Here, he is not the fiendish monster as known in later iconography, but granted equal presence in the heavenly court.

... that the earliest representation of the devil might be a mosaic in San Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna from the 6th century, in the form of a blue angel? Source: Russell, Jeffrey Burton (1986). Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-9429-1. p. 129
- ALT1: ... that within Byzantine monistic cosmology, the devil became the entity most remote from God, as described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite? Source: Russell, Jeffrey Burton (1986). Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-9429-1. p. 36

Improved to Good Article status by VenusFeuerFalle (talk). Self-nominated at 22:19, 19 April 2022 (UTC).

Article has achieved Good Article status. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. Hooks are interesting and sourced. Don’t you think there should be more links in each hook? Thriley (talk) 03:35, 24 April 2022 (UTC)