Again, to correct popular belief, it is said nowhere that Satan was an angel, least of all most powerful, in the Bible, New Testament and Old. That common idea comes from the genius mind of John Milton, author of Paradise Lost, which poses Satan as the fallen chief of angels. Therefore, while Tolkien might have accepted Milton's idea as part of his faith (many Christians do so), it isn't a literal part of the text.
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