Barachiel

Barachiel (Hebrew ברכיאל " blessing of God") is a name of a group of seven archangels of the historic Christian faith idea. The three biblical angels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael, and Uriel the apokrypischen were asked in the early Middle Ages, primarily in the tradition of the Byzantine Orthodox Churches three other names of angels aside, Barachiel Jehudiel and Sealtiel. A ceremony of Uriel and the latter three sat in the teaching of Western churches not, although it is to find a group of seven names of the Archangels with Barachiel occasionally also there in the folk beliefs of the Middle Ages and again in the Baroque.

History of the angels name

In the written between 130 BC and 68 AD Book of Enoch seven holy angels who watch always be called. This later resulted in Christian circles to discuss the seven names of archangels. In the 15th century the monk Amadeus Menez de Silva described († 1482 ) his concept of seven archangels, designate in one as Barachiel.

The angel Barachiel name is also found in the spelling Barbiel, Barchiel or Barkiel. Sometimes it is also believed that he is the same as that mentioned in the Book of Enoch angel names in the Baraqiel, Baraqel or Berâkêl.

Iconography

In Christian iconography Barachiel is often represented by its attribute of a white rose or white Rosenblätten on his clothes.

Representations in art

Orthodox churches

In the iconography of the Orthodox Church Barachiel is still shown as one of the seven archangels.

Western churches

As a motif in familiar Western images of religious art Barachiel is very rare to find. After the beginning of the 16th century, a depiction of the seven angels was rediscovered on an ancient fresco in the church Sette Angeli in Palermo, Barachiel came as one of the Seven willing to fight as a popular motif of Western art. However, such representations was soon repainted at the insistence of ecclesiastical authorities. In paintings and figures of the Baroque period Barachiel is now and again to find, for example, on Empor images in the parish church Mattsies. A special feature is probably the Barachiel from a series of Master Calamarca from Bolivia of approximately in 1750.