See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

MICHAEL (See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like See also:

• GOD

God? ")  , an Old Testament name, synonymous with Micaiah or See also:

• MICAH
• MICAH (r )

Micah (Num. xiii . 13; I Chron. v.13 et passim) . In the See also:

• BOOK

book of See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel the name is given to one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief " princes " of the heavenly See also:

• HOST

host, the See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian See also:

• ANGEL

angel or " See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince " of See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel (See also:

• DAN

Dan. x . 13, 21; xii . I; cf . See also:

• ENOCH, BOOK OF

Enoch xx . 5 and possibly Mal. iii . I), and as such he naturally appears in Jewish See also:

• THEOSOPHY (from Gr. Oe6s, god, and vogbta, wisdom)

theosophy as the greatest of all angels, the first of the four (or seven) who surround the See also:

• THRONE

throne of See also:

• GOD

God, and the antagonist of Sammael, the enemy of God . He holds the See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret of the mighty "word" by which God created See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven and See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth (Enoch lxix . 14), and was " the angel who spoke to See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

Moses in the See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount " (Acts vii . 38) . It was through Babylonian and See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence that names were given to the angels, and according to Kohut (Jiid .

Angel. p . 24) See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael is parallel to Vohumano, " Ahura's first masterpiece," one of the Zoroastrian Amesha-spentas or archangels, It is as guardian angel of Israel, or of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, the true Israel, that Michael appears in See also:

• JUDE, THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF

Jude 9 and Rev. xii . 7 . This latter passage is of distinctly pre-See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian origin; it is not the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

Child that overthrows Satan, the figure of the See also:

• MESSIAH (Dan. x. 25, 26)

Messiah is ousted by that of Michael . There is also here a relic of the primeval Babylonian myth of the struggle between the See also:

• LIGHT

light god See also:

• MARDUK (Bib'. MERODACH2)

Marduk and the forces of chaotic darkness . In the Western Church the festival of St Michael and All Angels (Michaelmas) is celebrated on the 29th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September; it appears to have grown out of a See also:

• LOCAL

local celebration of the See also:

• DEDICATION (Lat. dedicatio, from dedicare, to proclaim, to announce)

dedication of a church of St Michael either at Mount Garganus in See also:

• APULIA (sometimes APPULIa in manuscripts but never in inscriptions)

Apulia or at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, and was a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day by the beginning of the 9th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek Church dedicates the 8th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November to St Michael, St See also:

• GABRIEL (Heb. SKns, man of God)

Gabriel and All Angels .