Archangel
(ἀρχάγγελος, “chief angel”). Although Michael and Gabriel appear in both the Old and New Testaments, the word archangel is not used in the Septuagint and occurs only twice in the New Testament. Nonetheless archangels came to hold an important place in Jewish legend and apocrypha and were revered in Christian tradition. Pseudo-... ...
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