Saturday, July 5, 2008

"So we read in Esdras that the name of the archangel Jeremiel was from Zacharia; and Uriel from Uriah the prophet, whom Joachim slew. In like manner Samuel, Ezekiel, Daniel, were the names of angels as well as prophets. Phaniel is the name of an angel, and of the place where Jacob wrestled the night. Ariel is the name of an angel, and is the same as the Lion of God; sometimes also it is the name of an evil demon, and of a city which is thence called Ariopolis, where the idol Ariel was worshipped.
We find also in sacred writ that many

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