angels
Articles exploring the nature, roles, and appearances of angels in Scripture, with exegetical and theological insights.
Jesus Christ: The Sovereign Lord of the Angels Paid Members Public
The Gospels and Acts speak of God sending an angel of the Lord to make his purpose known to specific individuals: “Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord (angelos Kyriou) appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother,
Hail the One Filled with Grace! Paid Members Public
Luke records the words the angel Gabriel uttered to the holy Mother of Christ as he came to announce the glorious and blessed Incarnation of our Lord: “And he came to her and said, ‘Hail (Chaire), full of grace (kecharitomene), the Lord is with you!’” Luke 1:28 The word
Justin, Pagans & Gods Paid Members Public
I quote St. Justin Martyr’s second defense of the Christian faith to the pagan rulers where he states that the gods worshiped by the Gentiles are actually the fallen, rebellious angels and the demons they sired from women who deceived them into thinking they were the divine beings worshiped
YHWH MAKES THE MOST HIGH HIS REFUGE Paid Members Public
Psalm 91 is a citation applied by Satan to Jesus when he tempted our Lord in the desert: “Then the devil took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, ‘If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself
Nyssa on the Angel of God Paid Members Public
I quote what the great St. Gregory of Nyssa wrote in respect to the divine Angel that appeared to Moses being the prehuman Son of God in his work titled Against Eunomius, Book XI. Gregory refutes the assertion that God spoke through a created angel whim he used as his
Chrysostom and the Angel of the Lord Paid Members Public
Here is what this great saint had to say in his exegesis of Acts 7:30, in respect to the Angel that appeared to Moses: And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame of
Origen and the Worship of Angels Paid Members Public
Origen is often misquoted as denying that Christians were to pray to or invoke angels or the saints in heaven to intercede for believers on earth. They base this on Origen’s response to the Christian critic and pagan Celsus, whom this prolific Christian wrote a thorough refutation to. In
Judaism, God as an Angel & Malachi 3:1 Paid Members Public
According to the Talmud, it was God himself who appeared as the Angel in the pillar of cloud/fire in Exodus 13:21: Another matter: “Behold, I am sending an angel” – the Holy One blessed be He said to Israel: Had you merited, I, Myself, would have become a messenger