This question came up in
Bible Study Wed night: Is Lucifer a person?
First what is a person ?
And does a person need a physical body ? Or is it person hood that we
should be looking at ? If you have person hood does that make you a
person?
Here is the definition
according to Dictionary .com
person
noun
1.a human being, whether an adult or child:
2.a human being as distinguished from an animal or a thing.
3.an individual human being who likes or prefers something specified (used in combination):
4.Sociology. an individual human being, especially with reference to his or her social relationships and behavioral patterns as conditioned by the culture.
5.Philosophy. a self-conscious or rational being.
7.the body of a living human being, sometimes including the clothes being worn:
Also on the same page:
Person
noun
1.(Christianity) any of the three hypostas
es existing as distinct in the one God and constituting
the Trinity. They are the First Person, the Father,the Second Person, the Son, and the Third
Person, the Holy Ghost
How
does the second definition fit the first when only the second person
(Jesus the son has a physical body.)
As
the word person relates to God ,and the angels maybe its person hood
that should
be
looked at.
Does
person need flesh and bone? First
we have to define what “person” means before we can determine if
God is a person. Some people think that a person must have a body of
flesh and bones, but theologically speaking “personhood”
does not necessitate that. Instead, personhood is defined as having a
will, self-awareness, emotions, being able to recognize others,
speaking, etc. Therefore, angels would be persons since they have
wills, speak, etc.
God would be a person, too. However, the Christian doctrine of God is
that He is comprised of three persons: the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit. We call this the Trinity. We say that God is three
persons because we see that the Father is called God (Phil. 1:2), the
Son is called God (Heb. 1:8), and the Holy Spirit is called God (Acts
5:1-4). Each has a will (F, Luke 22:42; S, Luke 22:42; HS, 1 Cor.
12:11) and speaks (F, Matt. 3:17; S, Luke 5:20; HS, Acts 13:2)
So,
can God be said to be a person? Yes. And how do we tell if He is a
person? We simply look at the requirements of being a person, such as
speaking, being aware of others, having a will, loving, etc.; and we
see that God most certainly expresses the attributes of person hood.
(Matt Slick Carm.org )
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If the bold print above describes person hood and having person hood
makes you a person ,then yes Lucifer is a person ,all the angel s are
persons .
Just a quick possible answer .
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