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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 ...
Guardian Angel, Archangel My help is God, of God's flock, Angel of Sagittarius Agiel: Zazel Christianity, Judaism, Islam Archangel, Seraph: The Intelligence Angels of all kinds, Guardian Angel of Saturn Ananiel: Christianity Watcher Storm of God, Angel of water, guard of the gates of the South Wind [1] Anush: Mandaeism Uthra
Considered one of the seven archangels in a variant Catholic system, which pairs each archangel with a specific day of the week and attribute. [citation needed] With regard to the history of the archangel's name, it is thought to have first been mentioned in the non canonical Book of Enoch between 130 BC and 68 AD.
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]
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 ...
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 ...
Kushiel is one of seven angels of punishment along with Hutriel, Lahatiel, Makatiel, Puriel (also written Pusiel), Rogziel and Shoftiel. [2]As a "presiding angel of Hell," he is said to punish nations with a whip made of fire, [1] although, along with the other angels of punishment, is reported in Second Book of Enoch 10:3 to dwell in the third heaven.