Who Are The Archangels?

[Lorenzo]

Answer: The word angel means 'messenger' and describes the occupation of the angels. Archangels are head angels. According to St. Gregory the Great, there are 9 orders of angels, which St. Thomas, in his Summa Theologia, divides into 3 groups:

  1. Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones;
  2. The Dominations, Virtues, and Powers;
  3. The Principalities, Archangels, and Angels.

The apocryphal 1Enoch 20 lists the archangels as:

These are the names of the angels who watch.

Uriel, one of the holy angels, who presides over clamor and terror.

Raphael, one of the holy angels, who presides over the spirits of men.

Raguel, one of the holy angels, who inflicts punishment on the world and the luminaries.

Michael, one of the holy angels, who, presiding over human virtue, commands the nations.

Sarakiel, one of the holy angels, who presides over the spirits of the children of men that transgress.

Gabriel, one of the holy angels, who presides over Ikisat,  over paradise, and over the cherubim.

[Lorenzo]

It is important to note that he who is now known as satan, was once named Lucifer. He was a Seraphim, one of the highest orders of Angels in the Celestial Heavens. This , of course, was before his fall. He who dared to be like God.

He was cast down as with a third of all the angels in heaven into Sheol (Hell). An everlasting punishment.