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Archangels, such as Jibrāʾīl, Mīkhā'īl, Isrāfīl, and 'Azrā'īl; Angels of Heaven, such as Riḍwan. Angels of Hell, Mālik and Zabānīya; Guardian angels, who are assigned to individuals to protect them; The angels who record the actions of people; Angels entrusted with the affairs of the world, like the angel of thunder.
Archangel, Cherub, Watcher, Ancestor of All-Jinns, Al-Wazrul Jannah. (Domains of Samael may also apply to) Azrael: Malʾak al-Mawt (Arabic) Islam, Early Christianity The Death Psychopomp: Barachiel: Christianity, Judaism Archangel, chief of the guardian angels Guardian Angels Baraqiel: Baraqel, Baraqijal Christianity, Judaism Watcher, Archangel
In Matthew 18:10 Jesus warns not to despise children because "their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven." Luke 20:34–36 affirms that, like the angels, "those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, and they can no longer die."
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 ...
The relevant prayer calls to mind the wound he is said to have received during the carrying of his cross. It is variously attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, [29] St. Gertrude, or St. Mechtilde. [30] The shoulder wound did not inspire as significant a devotional following as the wound in the side "...with its direct access to Christ's heart." [31]
Sandalphon (Hebrew: סַנְדַּלְפוֹן Sandalp̄ōn; Greek: Σανδαλφών Sandalphṓn) is an archangel in Jewish and Christian writings, although not in scripture. Sandalphon figures prominently in the mystical literary traditions of Rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity , notably in the Midrash , Talmud , and Kabbalah and is ...
The term archangel itself is not found in the Hebrew Bible or the Christian Old Testament, and in the Greek New Testament the term archangel only occurs in 1 Thessalonians 4 (1 Thessalonians 4:16) and the Epistle of Jude (), where it is used of Michael, who in Daniel 10 (Daniel 10:12) is called 'one of the chief princes,' and 'the great prince'.
Archangel Michael is mentioned in a number of Eastern Orthodox hymns and prayer, and his icons are widely used within Eastern Orthodox churches. [47] In many Eastern Orthodox icons, Christ is accompanied by a number of angels, Michael being a predominant figure among them.