Editing Archangel (section)

==Description==
[[File:Four Archangels, St John's Church, Warminster, Wiltshire.jpg|thumb|right|The four archangels, mosaics at [[St John's Church, Warminster]]]]

[[Michael (archangel)|Michael]] and [[Gabriel]] are recognized as archangels in Judaism and Islam, and by most [[Christians]]. [[Raphael (archangel)|Raphael]]—mentioned in the [[deuterocanonical books|deuterocanonical]]/[[Biblical apocrypha|apocryphal]] [[Book of Tobit]]&shy;— is also recognized as a chief angel in the [[Catholic]], [[Lutheran]], [[Anglican]] and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] churches.{{efn-ua|The [[Book of Tobit]] is considered to be part of the [[Old Testament]] in the Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, and Persian Churches; in the Catholic Church, it is deemed one of the [[deuterocanonical books]]. In traditional Protestantism, such as the Lutheran Churches, Anglican Churches and Anabaptist Churches, the Book of Tobit is an intertestamental book, being a part of the [[Biblical apocrypha|Apocrypha]].<ref name="FUP1970">{{cite book |title=Quaker Life, Volume 11 |date=1970 |publisher=Friends United Press |page=141 |language=English |quote=Even though they were not placed on the same level as the canonical books, still they were useful for instruction ... These&shy;– and others that total fourteen or fifteen altogether&shy;- are the books known as the Apocrypha.}}</ref><ref name="Wesner">{{cite web |last1=Wesner |first1=Erik J. |title=The Bible |date=8 April 2015 |url=https://amishamerica.com/bible/#apocrypha |publisher=Amish America |access-date=23 May 2021 |language=English}}</ref>}}<ref name="Blersch2019">{{cite web |last1=Blersch |first1=Jeffrey |title=St. Michael and All Angels |url=https://www.pacifichillslutheran.org/news/st-michael-and-all-angels.html |publisher=Pacific Hills Lutheran Church |access-date=4 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201093647/https://www.pacifichillslutheran.org/news/st-michael-and-all-angels.html |archive-date=1 February 2023 |language=English |date=21 September 2019}}</ref> Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael are venerated in the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] and Lutheran Churches with a feast on September 29 (between 1921 and 1969, March 24 for Gabriel and October 24 for Raphael), and in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] on November 8 (if the Julian calendar is used, this corresponds to November 21 in the Gregorian).<ref name="Blersch2019"/> The named archangels in Islam are [[Gabriel#Islam|Jibra'il]], [[Michael (archangel)#Quran and other Muslim traditions|Mika'il]]{{Broken anchor|date=2025-05-05|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Michael (archangel)#Quran and other Muslim traditions|reason= The anchor (Quran and other Muslim traditions) [[Special:Diff/1189277954|has been deleted]].|diff_id=1189277954}}, [[Israfil]], and [[Azrael#In_Quran_and_its_exegesis|Azrael]]. Jewish literature, such as the [[Book of Enoch]], also mentions [[Metatron]] as an archangel, called the "highest of the angels", though the acceptance of this angel is not canonical in all branches of the faith.

Some branches of the faiths mentioned have identified a group of [[seven Archangels|seven to eight archangels]], but the named angels vary, depending on the source.<ref name="ParryMellingBradyGriffith2000">{{cite book |last1=Parry |first1=Ken |last2=Melling |first2=David J. |last3=Brady |first3=Dimitri |last4=Griffith |first4=Sidney H. |last5=Healey |first5=John F. |title=The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity |date=8 November 2000 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-631-18966-4 |page=30 |language=en}}</ref> Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael are always mentioned; the other archangels vary, but most commonly include [[Uriel]] and [[Jerahmeel (archangel)|Jerahmeel]], both of whom are mentioned in [[2 Esdras]].{{efn-ua|[[2 Esdras]] is considered to be part of the [[Old Testament]] canon in the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]], while in traditional Protestantism, such as the Lutheran Churches, Anglican Churches and Anabaptist Churches, 2 Esdras is an intertestamental book, being a part of the [[Biblical apocrypha|Apocrypha]].}} As well as Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel, the [[Book of Enoch]], regarded as canonical by the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]] (Oriental Orthodox), mentions in chapter 20: [[Raguel]], [[Sariel]], and [[Jerahmeel|Jerahmeel (Remiel)]].<ref>{{cite web |title=First Enoch - Chapter XX / Chapter 20 - Book of 1 Enoch, Parallel 1912 Charles & 1883 Laurence, Pseudepigrapha Online Parallel Bible Study |url=http://qbible.com/enoch/20.html |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref>