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In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God.
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s in Judaic
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, and Islamic
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angelology
In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God.
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. Recording angels are assigned by God
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with the task of recording the events, actions, and prayers of each individual human. This includes bad sins, and good deeds.
Description
In theBook of Malachi
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3:16, the prophet describes Heaven
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as having conferring angels, and "The Lord took note and listened, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who revered the Lord and thought on his name." In Judaic thought, Gabriel
In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብ ...
is the principal recording angel, as shown in Ezekiel
Ezekiel (; he, יְחֶזְקֵאל ''Yəḥezqēʾl'' ; in the Septuagint written in grc-koi, Ἰεζεκιήλ ) is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible.
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9:3-4, where he is "the man clothed in linen, who had the writing case at his side" who put the mark of Passover
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on Jewish houses in Egypt
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In the Secrets of Enoch (also known as Second Enoch, or Slavonic Enoch) the recording angel is named Pravuil or Vretil: "And the Lord summoned one of his archangels by name Pravuil, whose knowledge was quicker in wisdom than the other archangels, who wrote all the deeds of the Lord..." Charles, R. H. and Morfill, W. R.: ''The Book of the Secrets of Enoch'', Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1896 (included in Charles, R.H., ''Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, Volume II: Pseudepigrapha'', Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1913), Chapter 22 (by the higher numbering), near the end (verse numbers vary), online ascribd.com
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See also
*''The Recording Angel
''The Recording Angel'' is a sculpture located in Waupun, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. A recording angel is assigned by God with the task of recording the events, actions, and prayer ...
'', statue in Waupun, Wisconsin, United States
References
External links
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