Which Archangel Is Associated With Communication?
Gabriel as God's messenger in the Bible, the Talmud and the Qur'an, his 1951 patronage of telecommunications, and the…
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Archangels
Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel and fifteen other archangels, with each role traced to scripture, 1 Enoch, a church calendar or a modern angel book.
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Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel have the longest profiles here, followed by fifteen less familiar archangels, from Azrael and Metatron to Jegudiel and Selaphiel of Orthodox tradition. Four further pages compare which archangels the traditions link with protection, healing, communication and wisdom.
Michael and Gabriel are the only angels named in both the Old and New Testaments. Raphael's story comes from Tobit, which Catholic and Orthodox Bibles include, and Uriel and Raguel are named in 1 Enoch, which only the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo canon includes.
Catholic practice has named only Michael, Gabriel and Raphael since a Roman synod in 745, while the Orthodox Church names seven or eight archangels at the Synaxis of November 8.
Michael's blue and Raphael's emerald green are modern details: the blue comes from twentieth-century Ascended Master groups, and the green from angel books such as Doreen Virtue's Archangels & Ascended Masters (2003).
Archangel Michael covers the defender of Daniel, Jude and Revelation, and Archangel Gabriel the messenger who explains Daniel's visions and announces two births in Luke. Archangel Raphael follows the healing journey in Tobit, and the page on protection asks whether Michael is the only protecting angel.
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Which Archangel Is Most Closely Associated With Healing?
Raphael in Tobit, 1 Enoch and the Talmud, Michael's healing springs in the early Christian East, and how prayer sits…
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Which Archangel Is for Protection, and Is It Only Michael?
Michael in Daniel and Revelation, the unnamed angels of the Psalms, Raphael on the road in Tobit, the four angels of…
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Who Is Archangel Azrael in Death and Grief Tradition?
Azrael as the angel of death in Islamic, Jewish and Sikh sources, from the Qur'an's unnamed Malak al-Mawt to the later…
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Who Is Archangel Barachiel, the Angel of Blessings in Orthodox Tradition?
The Orthodox feast list, the Amadeus and Palermo tradition, the 3 Enoch lightning question, and what the roses on his…
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Who Is Archangel Camael, and Why Is He Associated With Divine Justice?
A source-aware guide to Camael as angel of divine justice, righteous severity, and moral courage in Kabbalistic and…
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Who Is Archangel Chamuel, the Angel of Love and Peace?
Where the name comes from, why reference books file it with Camael and Kemuel, and how the pink-ray angel of love took…
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Who Is Archangel Gabriel, the Messenger of Revelation?
Gabriel in Daniel and Luke, in 1 Enoch and the Talmud, as Jibril in the Qur'an and hadith, and in the feasts, prayers…
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Who Is Archangel Haniel in Traditions of Grace, Joy, and Harmony?
The angel of Venus in Renaissance magic, traced from the Hebrew name Hanniel to the lunar imagery of modern devotion
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Who Is Archangel Jegudiel, and What Is His Role in Christian Tradition?
The Orthodox archangel with a golden crown and a three-thonged whip: what his name means, how a fifteenth-century…
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Who Is Archangel Jeremiel, and Where Is He Named in Religious Texts?
The one verse that names him, the Remiel of 1 Enoch, his Orthodox and Catholic standing, and when the life-review role…
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Who Is Archangel Jophiel in Traditions of Beauty, Wisdom, and Light?
Where the name comes from, which texts name Jophiel, why the angel is tied to wisdom and yellow light, and what…
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Who Is Archangel Metatron in Enochic Mystical Tradition?
Metatron in the Targum, the Talmud and 3 Enoch, in Renaissance Christian Kabbalah, and in modern sacred geometry
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Who Is Archangel Michael, the Defender in Scripture?
Michael in Daniel, Jude and Revelation, in Jewish and Islamic tradition, and in the feast days, art and Leo XIII prayer…
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Who Is Archangel Raguel, and Why Did Rome Reject His Name?
The angel of 1 Enoch 20:4, the Roman synod of 745, his Ethiopian feast, and where the modern angel of fairness came from
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Who Is Archangel Raphael in Healing and Travel Tradition?
Raphael's mission in Tobit, his tasks in 1 Enoch and the Talmud, his feast days and patronages, the fish and staff of…
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Who Is Archangel Sandalphon, the Prayer-Bearing Angel?
The Talmud's crown-weaving giant, how later Jewish mystics made him the angel of prayer, and where the Elijah…
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Who Is Archangel Sariel, and How Is He Described in Ancient Texts?
1 Enoch has two figures with nearly the same name: a watcher who taught the course of the moon, and a holy angel set…
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Who Is Archangel Selaphiel, the Angel of Prayer in Orthodox Tradition?
How a name linked to Salathiel and Sealtiel became the Orthodox archangel of prayer, what his icon shows, and where…
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Who Is Archangel Tzaphkiel, and What Is His Role in Esoteric Tradition?
The angel of Binah, the Thrones, and Saturn, traced from Agrippa's 1533 tables through the Golden Dawn to modern angel…
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Who Is Archangel Uriel, the Angel of Light and Warning?
What Uriel does in 1 Enoch and 2 Esdras, how rabbis, Rome, Orthodox and Ethiopian churches, and Milton treated him, and…
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Who Is Archangel Zadkiel, and Why Is He Linked to Mercy and Forgiveness?
Zadkiel's name, his Chesed and Jupiter seat, the Abraham ascription, and the violet-flame devotion, each traced to the…
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How many archangels are there?
Lists disagree: one in the Protestant Bible, three in Catholic practice, four in Islamic tradition and rabbinic midrash, seven in 1 Enoch, and seven or eight at the Orthodox Synaxis of November 8, where Jeremiel is sometimes counted as an eighth.
Which archangel is linked with protection?
Michael, whom Daniel 12:1 calls "the protector of your people." He shares the work with others: Psalm 91:11 credits unnamed angels, and Tobit gives Raphael the traveler's road.
Is Uriel in the Bible?
Not in the Hebrew Bible or the Catholic and Protestant Old Testaments. Uriel is named in 1 Enoch, which the Ethiopian Orthodox Church counts as scripture, and in 2 Esdras, which some Bibles print in an Apocrypha section.
Is the Saint Michael Prayer in the Bible?
No. Pope Leo XIII added it to the prayers after Low Mass in 1886, and its line "May God rebuke him" borrows Michael's words from Jude 9.