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The most infamous fallen angel is Lucifer; although this word never refers to a fallen angel in the Bible. According to Christian belief, fallen angels roam the earth until Judgment Day. They are then banished to Hell.
There are a few hypothesis and myths regarding the fall of angels; most of them having free will —lust or pride— as main theme, or an incomprehensible understanding of the acts of God.
This hypothesis deals with God having two opposite sides of Himself, as he is omnipotent and his radiance is powerful. The first side, a divine or 'bright' side, and the second one, a shadow or 'dark' side. If mortals were to see God's bright side, that would be the end of them; since His radiance would incinerate them instantaneously.
In this hypothesis, the shadow side of God was the side through which God was able to communicate with mortals. As Judaism evolved, so did the two sides of God. The Shadow became God's Word, then the Voice, and finally it became its own being completely with its own free will. Now that the dark side of God had been completely removed from Him, and hence separate, it began to take on some aspects that mortals were familiar with: destruction, betrayal, temptation, etc. This caused the dark side of God to become what many know as Satan. The word "Satan" is incidentally a version of the Hebrew word Ha-Satan, meaning "adversary".
The movie Dogma by Kevin Smith exposes a similar situation: in Dogma, God is unable to speak to humans by his own word; instead He has to use an angel to communicate with them, because his own voice is so powerful that it would kill them immediately.
These hypotheses or myths deal with free will and the problems that creatures who possess it can run into.
The hypothesis was first put forth by OrigenOrigen was a Christian scholar and theologian and one of the most distinguished of the Fathers of the early Christian Church. He was born about 182, probably at Alexandria, and died at Caesarea not later than 251. Life Early training His full name was app of AlexandriaLocated on the Mediterranean Sea coast, Alexandria (in Arabic, al-iskandariyyah is the chief seaport in Egypt, and that country's second largest city, and the capital of the Al Iskandariyah governate. It is located at 31°12'N, 29°15'E, 208 km (129 miles), one of the most distinguished Fathers of the early Christian ChurchThe term Christian Church expresses the idea of Christianity (the Christian religion) seen in its role as an institution. The phrase the Church in its widest sense (as "the Body of Christ") has a similar breadth. In practice the monolithic "Christian Chur. Origen believed that God had created all the angels equal and free. However, by having the power of free will, some of these angels began to move farther away from God by their own choice. Origen maintained that those who drifted the least remained in the regions closest to God; while those who moved further out fell into the lower air, and these became what we know as Angels (the lowest order of the angels' hierarchyAccording to medieval Christian theologians, the Angels are organized into several orders, or Angelic Choirs . The most influential of these classifications was that put forward by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the Fourth or Fifth century, in his boo). Those who moved still further away became humans, and finally those who moved the furthest away from God became the Fallen Ones, or demons. These Fallen are those that make up Hell.
Origen states metaphorically that, although these angels fell and became humans or demons, all hope is not lost because men can become angels, and demons can also regain their former angelic appearance. In contrast, angels can also fall to become men, and if depraved enough, become demons.
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