Zerachiel or Zachariel (
Hebrew: זְכַרְאֵל ''Zəḵarʾēl'',
Tiberian: ''Zăḵarʾēl'', God has remembered)
also known as "Zakhariel" or "Saraqael" is one of the
Archangels
Archangels () are the second lowest rank of angel in the hierarchy of angels. The word ''archangel'' itself is usually associated with the Abrahamic religions, but beings that are very similar to archangels are found in a number of other relig ...
who leads souls to judgement. In
Enoch I (the Book of Enoch) (Chapter 20) he is listed as one of the seven holy angels who watch; the angel who is set over the spirits who sin in the spirit. In the list of
Pope Gregory I
Pope Gregory I ( la, Gregorius I; – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. He is known for instigating the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregor ...
, one of the seven archangels is called Zachariel.
See also
* (''Injustice''):
Lucifer
Lucifer is one of various figures in folklore associated with the planet Venus. The entity's name was subsequently absorbed into Christianity as a name for the devil. Modern scholarship generally translates the term in the relevant Bible passa ...
/
Satan
* (''Aspects of Justice'')
** (''Justice'')
Raguel)
** (''Retribution'')
Angel of Death
** (''Redemption'')
Zadkiel
Zadkiel ( he, צִדְקִיאֵל , 'God is my Righteousness'), also known as Hasdiel, is the archangel of freedom, benevolence, kindness and mercy, and the patron angel of all who forgive.
Names
Zadkiel is also known by a variety of oth ...
References
Archangels
Individual angels
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