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The concept of Seven Archangels is found in some works of early Jewish literature and in Christianity. [1] In those texts, they are referenced as the angels who serve God directly. The Catholic Church venerates seven archangels: in Latin Christianity, three are invoked by name (Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael) while the Eastern Catholic Churches ...
Orthodox icon of nine orders of angels The ceiling mosaic of the Baptistery in Florence depicts (in the inmost octagon of images) seven of the orders of angelic beings (all but the Seraphim and Cherubim), under which are their Latin designations. In the angelology of different religions, a hierarchy of angels is a ranking system of angels. The ...
Archangel, leader of the Powers along with Archangel Gabriel as the subordinate [citation needed] Angel of Birth, Household and Harvest [citation needed] Hanibal [citation needed] Ancient Mesopotamian religion: Angel of the god Baal Hadad "Grace of Baal" or "Baal is Gracious" Haniel: Anael, Aniel, Hanael Christianity, Judaism
The New Testament makes over a hundred references to angels, but uses the word "archangel" only twice, in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 ("For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first", KJV) and Jude 1:9 ("Yet Michael the archangel, when ...
There are different orders of angels according to the three heavens, [11] and each angel dwells in one of innumerable societies of angels. Such a society of angels can appear as one angel as a whole. [12] All angels originate from the human race, and there is not one angel in heaven who first did not live in a material body. [13]
His name means "God shall pasture". [3] [4] This meaning is also related to the Hebrew word "rōʿī" (רֹעִי), meaning shepherd. [5] Raguel is almost always referred to as the archangel of justice, fairness, harmony, vengeance, and redemption. In the Book of Enoch, cap. XXIII, Raguel is one of the seven angels whose role is to watch.
He is sometimes equated with Zadkiel, but other times, considered to be a different angel. [1] Zaphkiel is "chief of the Ophanim (order of thrones) and one of the 9 angels that rule Heaven; also one of the 7 archangels." [1] He can watch people when they need to make important decisions and when they need to put them into words for others. If ...
The seven archangels (or four – the traditions differ but always include Michael) were associated with the branches of the menorah, the sacred seven-branched lampstand in the Temple as the seven spirits before the throne of God, and this is reflected in the Book of Revelation 4:5 ("From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and ...