Raphael (archangel)


Raphael
Saint Raphael the Archangel by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Archangel, "Angel of Tobit", Angel of the Trumpet
Venerated inJudaism
Christianity
(Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Catholic Churches
Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Church
Lutheran Churches
Anglican Communion)
Islam
Feast
Attributesholding a bottle or flask; walking with Tobias; sounding a trumpet; carrying a fish or a staff
Patronagetravelers; lovers; the youth; finding one’s spouse; ordained marriage; mental health; healing; guardian angels; shepherds; pharmacists; druggists; nurses; physicians; illness; eye afflictions; the sick; the blind; against nightmares; Diocese of Madison, WI; Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa; Archdiocese of Seattle, Washington; Abra de Ilog, Mindoro Occidental, Philippines; Aloguinsan, Cebu, Philippines

Raphael (UK: /ˈræfəl/ RAF-ay-əl, US: /ˈræfiəl, ˈrf-/ RA(Y)F-ee-əl; "God has healed")[a] is an archangel first mentioned in the Book of Tobit and in 1 Enoch, both estimated to date from between the 3rd and 2nd century BCE.[4][5] In later Jewish tradition, he became identified as one of the three heavenly visitors entertained by Abraham at the Oak of Mamre. He is not named in either the New Testament or the Quran, but later Christian tradition identified him with healing and as the angel who stirred waters in the Pool of Bethesda in John 5:2–4,[4] and in Islam, where his name is Israfil, he is understood to be the unnamed angel of Quran 6:73, standing eternally with a trumpet to his lips, ready to announce the Day of Judgment. In Gnostic tradition, Raphael is represented on the Ophite Diagram.[6]

  1. ^ "رئيس الملائكة الجليل رافائيل - كتاب الملائكة | St-Takla.org". st-takla.org.
  2. ^ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance – 7501".
  3. ^ Khan, Geoffrey (2020). The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. Open Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1783746767.
  4. ^ a b Coogan 1993, p. 642.
  5. ^ Barnes 1993, p. 54.
  6. ^ Origen (248). "Origen Against Celsus, chapter XXX". Ante-Nicene Fathers . Vol. IV. Translated by Frederick Crombie – via Wikisource.


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