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==Judaism== | ==Judaism== | ||
[[File:Ielial.png|300px|thumb|Depiction of the [[Kabbalistic angel]] Ielial]] | |||
Angels (''Hebrew'': מלאך ''mal'ach'' "messenger") are understood in Judaism through interpretation of the Tanach and in a long tradition as supernatural beings who stand by God in heaven, but are strictly to be distinguished from [[Yahweh|God (YHWH)]] and are subordinate to him. Occasionally, they can show selected people God's will and instructions. In the Jewish tradition they are also inferior to humans since they have no will of their own and are only able to carry out one divine command. | Angels (''Hebrew'': מלאך ''mal'ach'' "messenger") are understood in Judaism through interpretation of the Tanach and in a long tradition as supernatural beings who stand by God in heaven, but are strictly to be distinguished from [[Yahweh|God (YHWH)]] and are subordinate to him. Occasionally, they can show selected people God's will and instructions. In the Jewish tradition they are also inferior to humans since they have no will of their own and are only able to carry out one divine command. | ||
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==Christianity== | ==Christianity== | ||
[[File: | [[File:Gabriel Icon.jpg|350px|thumb|Byzantine Icon of [[Archangel Gabriel]]]] | ||
[[Christianity|Christians]] inherited Jewish understandings of angels, which in turn may have been partly inherited from the Egyptians. In the early stage, the Christian concept of an angel characterized the angel as a messenger of God. Later came identification of individual angelic messengers: Gabriel, Michael, [[Archangel Raphael|Raphael]], and [[Archangel Uriel|Uriel]]. Then, in the space of little more than two centuries (from the 3rd to the 5th) the image of angels took on definite characteristics both in theology and in art. Ellen Muehlberger has argued that in late antiquity, angels were conceived of as one type of being among many, whose primary purpose was to guard and to guide Christians. | [[Christianity|Christians]] inherited Jewish understandings of angels, which in turn may have been partly inherited from the Egyptians. In the early stage, the Christian concept of an angel characterized the angel as a messenger of God. Later came identification of individual angelic messengers: Gabriel, Michael, [[Archangel Raphael|Raphael]], and [[Archangel Uriel|Uriel]]. Then, in the space of little more than two centuries (from the 3rd to the 5th) the image of angels took on definite characteristics both in theology and in art. Ellen Muehlberger has argued that in late antiquity, angels were conceived of as one type of being among many, whose primary purpose was to guard and to guide Christians. | ||