I have the correct answer to this for people who are interested and I was looking for this subject on ComicVine so I'm glad to share. An editorial reply from The Hammer Strike letters page read: "Mephisto and Satan, however difficult as it may be for you to accept at first, are one and the same character." To further elaborate on this, in Catholicism, Satan is not the Devil, but in fact another demon, who is very evil, and sometimes said to be the same demon as a demon from Mesopotamian mythology of the same name. In fact, according to demonology, the only of which can be considered official by the Catholic Church, was written by a Dominican prior Sebastien Michaelis, as reportedly told my him by demon Berith during an exorcism. In this demonology, Satan is not even listed. He is a lower demon, compared to those of the hierarchy. The name of the Devil, is in fact Lucifer, different from Satan. In order of power/hierarchy in demonology, the main powers are Lucifer, Beelzebub, Leviathan, Asmodeus, Berith, Astaroth, Verrine, Gressil, Sonneillon, Carreau, Carnivean, Oeillet, Rosier, Belias, Olivier, and Iuvart. According to the editorial, Mephisto, a character created by German author Faust in his legends, is Satan, which would make sense by their characterizations. Michaelis's book is called Admirable History and was written in his native French. It is also worth noting that when you consider all this info, it is clear that Marduk Kurios is not Satan. He seems linked the the primordial gods of Earth, which along with abstracts, cosmics, Celestials, what have you, are often linked to Greek mythology, like Gaea, Agamotto, Cyttorak, Atum. Atum, an Egyptian god, could have been the same as Helios, or an aspect of him, as Greco-Roman beings were often the other side of the same coin as Mesopotamian/Babylonian/Chaldean/Hittite/Akkadian/Sumerian/Egyptian/Phoenician and others from the Cradle of Life.
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