Editing Lucifer (section)

=== Gnosticism ===
Since Lucifer's sin mainly consists of self-deification, some [[Gnostic]] sects identified Lucifer with the [[creator deity]] in the [[Old Testament]].<ref>Litwa, M. David (2016). ''Desiring Divinity: Self-deification in Early Jewish and Christian Mythmaking''. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-046717-3}}. p. 46</ref> In the [[Bogomilism|Bogomil]] and [[Catharism|Cathar]] text ''[[Book of the Secret Supper|Gospel of the Secret Supper]]'', Lucifer is a glorified angel but fell from heaven to establish his own kingdom and became the [[Demiurge]] who created the material world and trapped [[soul]]s from heaven inside matter. Jesus descended to earth to free the captured souls.<ref>Michael C. Thomsett (2011). ''Heresy in the Roman Catholic Church: A History''. McFarland. {{ISBN|978-0-786-48539-0}} p. 71</ref><ref>Willis Barnstone, Marvin Meyer (2009). ''The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition''. Shambhala. {{ISBN|978-0-834-82414-0}}. p. 745–755, 831</ref> In contrast to mainstream Christianity, the [[Christian cross|cross]] was denounced as a symbol of Lucifer and his instrument in an attempt to kill Jesus.<ref>Willis Barnstone, Marvin Meyer (2009). ''The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition''. Shambhala. {{ISBN|978-0-834-82414-0}}. p. 745–755, 751</ref>