Selaphiel

Sealtiel ( Hebrew שאלתיאל Shealtiel, bid or Prayer of God) is a name of a group of seven archangels of the historic Christian faith idea. This angel Sealtiel name is also found in the spelling Selathiel or Selaphiel. The three biblical angels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael, and Uriel the apocryphal three other names of angels were in the early Middle Ages, primarily in the tradition of the Byzantine Orthodox churches set aside, Barachiel Jehudiel and Sealtiel ( or Selathiel / Seraphiel ). A ceremony of Uriel and the other three sat in the teaching of non- Western churches through, although it can be found with Sealtiel occasionally also there in the folk beliefs of the Middle Ages and again in the Baroque, a group of seven names of the Archangels.

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 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, in which he identifies as a Sealtiel.

Iconography

In Christian iconography, the angel is often represented with over the chest in prayer arms crossed.

Representations in art

Orthodox churches

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

Western churches

As a motif in familiar Western images of religious art Sealtiel 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, Sealtiel 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 Sealtiel is now and again to find eg on Empor images in the parish church Mattsies. A special feature is probably the Sealtiel from a series of Master Calamarca from Bolivia of approximately in 1750.