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archangel , chief angel . They are four to seven in number. Sometimes specific functions are ascribed to them. The four best known in Christian tradition are Michael , Gabriel , Raphael , and Uriel . In early Jewish literature archangels are called "angels of the presence."

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

archangel (Gk., ‘chief angel’). In Christian tradition Michael and Gabriel are reckoned among the archangels.

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archangel From the Greek, meaning a chief angel; seven are named in 1 Enoch 20, cf. Tobit 12: 15. In the two centuries BCE and the first CE the Jewish doctrine of angels was developed by some (e.g. in the community of Qumran) into a hierarchy of angels which included a rank of archangels (Test. of Levi 3: 5). Paul mentions the archangel's voice (1 Thess. 4: 16) and Michael the Archangel appears in Jude 9.

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