Difference between revisions of "Archangels"

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The New Testament makes over a hundred references to angels, but uses the word "archangel" only twice.
The New Testament makes over a hundred references to angels, but uses the word "archangel" only twice.


==List of ruling archangels==
==Canon archangels==
* [[Archangel Anael]]
The Catholic Church excluded most [[angel]]s commonly considered archangels from their list of named [[angel]]s in the 2001 ''Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy''. "The practice of assigning names to the Holy Angels should be discouraged." This document officially recognizes only three named angels:
* [[Archangel Gabriel]]
* [[Archangel Michael]]
* [[Archangel Raphael]]
 
==List of other archangels==
* [[Camael]]
* [[Camael]]
* [[Archangel Gabriel]]
* [[Archangel Haniel]]
* [[Jophiel]]
* [[Jophiel]]
* [[Metatron]]
* [[Metatron]]
* [[Archangel Michael]]
* [[Archangel Raphael]]
* [[Archangel Raziel]]
* [[Archangel Raziel]]
* [[Samael‏‎]]
* [[Samael‏‎]]
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* [[Archangel Zadkiel]]
* [[Archangel Zadkiel]]
* [[Archangel Zaphkiel]]
* [[Archangel Zaphkiel]]
* [[Archangel Haniel]]
* [[Archangel Sandalphon]]


==Kabbalistic angels in this choir==
==Kabbalistic angels in this choir==
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[[Category:Angels]]
[[Category:Angels]]
[[Category:Archangels]]
[[Category:Archangels]]
[[Category:Choirs of Angels]]