Barachiel

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Council of Angels (Ангелскй Собор). Russian icon of the seven archangels (from left to right: Jehudiel, Gabriel, Sealtiel, Michael, Uriel, Raphael, Barachiel, gathered around Christ Emmanuel), 18th century.
Master of Calamarca: The Angel Barachiel, Bolivia, ca.1750

Barachiel ( Hebrew ברכיאל 'Blessing of God' ) is one of the seven archangels named by name in apocryphal scriptures . In addition to the angels Gabriel , Michael , Raphael and Uriel , three other archangels were named in the early Middle Ages , especially in the tradition of the Byzantine Orthodox churches : Barachiel, Jehudiel and Sealtiel . The veneration of Uriel and the angels Barachiel, Jehudiel and Sealtiel did not establish itself permanently in the Western Church , although there is evidence of the veneration of seven archangels in the Middle Ages and again in the Baroque .

History of the angel name

In the period between 130 BC The book of Enoch , written in AD 68 and AD , is called "seven holy angels who watch at all times". In the 15th century, the monk Amadeus Menez de Silva († 1482) described his idea of ​​seven archangels, in which he names one as Barachiel .

The name Barachiel can also be found in the spelling Barbiel, Barchiel or Barkiel . Sometimes it is also believed that in the spelling Baraqiel, Baraqel or Berâkêl he is to be equated with this angel named in the Book of Enoch.

iconography

In Christian iconography , Barachiel is often depicted with his attribute , a white rose or white rose petals on his clothing. In the icon painting of the Orthodox Church, Barachiel is depicted as one of the seven archangels.

Barachiel is rarely found in the iconography of the Western Church . After a representation of the same was rediscovered on an old fresco in the church of Sette Angeli in Palermo , consecrated to the seven (arch) angels, at the beginning of the 16th century, such representations also reappeared in iconography. However, they were soon painted over at the urging of church authorities. In paintings and figures of the Baroque period is Barachiel occasionally be found again, z. B. on gallery pictures in the parish church Mattsies , after a counter-Reformation picture program on ceiling paintings in the parish church Maria Himmelfahrt in Weilheim and a series by the master of Calamarca from Bolivia from approx. 1750.

literature

  • The book Enoch in complete translation with continuous commentary, detailed introduction and explanatory excursions by Andreas Gottlieb Hoffmann (= Andreas Gottlieb Hoffmann [Hrsg.]: The Apocalyptic of the Older Times among Jews and Christians in complete translation with continuous commentary, historically critical introduction and excursions . band 1 ). Croeker'sche Buchhandlung, Jena 1833, OCLC 921927813 ( scan in Google book search; gutenberg.org [TXT; accessed on November 1, 2018] Memento in the Internet archive as a transcription of the text of this Fraktur edition, without comment).
  • Albert J. Urban: Lexicon of Angels - Names, History, Interpretation. Voltmedia, Paderborn 2005, ISBN 3-938478-31-4 .

Web links

Commons : Archangel Barachiel  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Gustav Davidson: A Dictionary of Angels, including the Fallen Angels. The Free Press, New York; Collier-Macmillan, London 1967, ISBN 0-02-906940-8 .
  2. ↑ Angel. In: Joachim Schäfer: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon . 2008. In: heiligenlexikon.de, accessed on December 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ Hen 20.1. In: Andreas Gottlieb Hoffmann (Ed.): The apocalyptic of the older time among Jews and Christians. Volume 1: The Book of Enoch. Croeker'sche Buchhandlung, Jena 1833, p. 217 ( preview in Google book search).
  4. ↑ The Book of Enoch, I, 69.2. In: R. H. Charles: The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English. Volume II: Pseudepigrapha. Clarendon, Oxford 1913, OCLC 654919836 , p. 233 ( Scan  - Internet Archive ).
  5. ↑ Hen. 68.2. In: Andreas Gottlieb Hoffmann (Ed.): The apocalyptic of the older time among Jews and Christians. Volume 1: The Book of Enoch. Croeker'sche Buchhandlung, Jena 1833, p. 545 ( preview in the Google book search).
  6. ↑ Helen Roeder: Saints and Their Attributes, with a Guide to Localities and Patronage. Henry Regency Company, Chicago 1956, OCLC 1612953 .
  7. ↑ Archangel. In: Art Lexicon. Edited by Peter W. Hartmann. Stiepan, Leobersdorf 1996, OCLC 910627326 ; Hartmann, Sersheim; GR sales agency, Raßhofer, Gilching 1997, 3-9500612-0-7; online: ( The large art dictionary by P. W. Hartmann. In: BeyArs.com, accessed on December 30, 2017).
  8. ↑ The eight ceiling paintings by Johann Greither and his father Elias the Elder show the glorification of Mary and the angels . Church chronicle. In: pfarrei-weilheim.de, accessed on November 1, 2018.