Beneath the mandorla of Christ Emmanuel are representations of Cherubim (blue) and Seraphim (red). From left to right: St Jehudiel, St Gabriel, St Selatiel, St Michael, St Uriel, St Raphael, St Barachiel. Eastern Orthodox Church icon of the "Seven Archangels". He is often depicted carrying a book or a papyrus scroll representing wisdom. In modern angelology, Uriel is identified variously as a seraph, cherub, regent of the sun, flame of God, angel of the divine presence, presider over Tartarus (hell), archangel of salvation, and, in later scriptures, identified with Phanuel ("face of God"). He also holds the key to the Pit during the End Times, and led Abraham to the west. He checked the doors of Egypt for lamb's blood during the plague. Uriel is depicted as the destroyer of the hosts of Sennacherib. Stemming from medieval Jewish mystical traditions, Uriel has also become the angel of Sunday ( Jewish Encyclopedia ), the angel of poetry, and one of the holy sephiroth. He is also identified as one of the angels who helped bury Adam and Abel in Eden. In the Life of Adam and Eve, Uriel is regarded as the spirit (i.e., one of the cherubs) of the third chapter of Genesis. In the Apocalypse of Peter he appears as the angel of repentance, who is graphically represented as being as pitiless as any demon. He "stands at the Gate of Eden with a fiery sword", or as the angel who "watches over thunder and terror". Uriel is often identified as a cherub and the angel of repentance. Their reunion is depicted in Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks. He carries John and his mother Saint Elizabeth to join the Holy Family after their Flight into Egypt. In Christian apocryphal gospels Uriel plays a role, differing between the sources, in the rescue of Jesus' cousin John the Baptist from the Massacre of the Innocents ordered by King Herod. The last five listed only appear in this book and nowhere else in apocryphal or apocalyptic works. According to the Revelation of Esdras, the angels that will rule at the end of the world are Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael, Gabuthelon, Beburos, Zebuleon, Aker, and Arphugitonos.
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Uriel appears in the Second Book of Esdras found in the Biblical apocrypha (called Esdras IV in the Vulgate) in which the prophet Ezra asks God a series of questions and Uriel is sent by God to instruct him. St Michael and All Angels Church, Kingsland, Herefordshire. The Book of Tobit is accepted as canonical by the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Oriental Orthodox Church.Ī rare medieval stained-glass panel depicting the Archangel Uriel with Esdras. Raphael features prominently in the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit. Of the seven archangels in the angelology of post-exilic Judaism, only two of them, the archangels Michael and Gabriel, are mentioned by name in the canonized Jewish scriptures, in the Book of Daniel in particular, which is one of the youngest books in the Tanakh. Rabbi Simeon ben Lakish of Tiberias (230–270) even asserted that all of the specific names for the angels were brought back by the Jews from Babylonian knowledge. The angels mentioned in the older books of the Hebrew Bible (aka the Tanakh) are without names. In Judaism and Christianity Name and origins Uriel or Auriel (male) / Urielle or Eurielle (female) is also a name assimilated by the Celtic Brittanic culture, because of Saint Urielle (7th century), sister of the Breton king Saint Judicael, who popularised the name. In the Secret Book of John, an early Gnostic work, Uriel helps Yaldabaoth and his demons create Adam. In apocryphal, kabbalistic, and occult works, Uriel/Auriel has been equated (or confused) with Urial, Nuriel, Uryan, Jeremiel, Vretil, Sariel, Suriel, Puruel, Phanuel, Jacob, Azrael, and Raphael. Uriel is also known as a master of knowledge and archangel of wisdom. He is also well known in European esoteric medieval literature. He is well known in the Russian Orthodox tradition (which considers him to be one of the seven major archangels) and recognized in the Anglican Church as the 4th archangel. Uriel / ˈ j ʊər i ə l/ or Auriel ( Hebrew: אוּרִיאֵל ʾŪrīʾēl, " El/ God is my light" or Light of God" Greek: Οὐριήλ Ouriìl Coptic: ⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ Ouriyl Italian: Uriele Geʽez and Amharic: ዑራኤል ʿUraʾēl or ዑርኤል ʿUriʾēl) is the name of one of the archangels who is mentioned in the post-exilic rabbinic tradition and in certain Christian traditions.
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