Archangels

In The Book of Zecharaiah, an angel of the highest order, one who stands before God, appears in contrast with angels of an inferior class, whom he employs as his messengers and agents. In Daniel, the appellation, "one of the chief princes," and "the great prince" are given to Michael. The Grecian Jews described them as Archangels. This denotes a chief of the angels, one superior to the other angels, like the term chief priest. The opinion that there were various orders of angels was not particular to the Jews, but was held by Christians in the time of the apostles, and is mentioned by the apostles themselves. The distinct divisions of the angels, according to their rank in the heavenly hierarchy, which we find in the writings of the later Jews, were either almost or wholly unknown in the apostolical period. These images of Archangels are from my collection of antique religous books. Feel free to use the Archangel drawings in your artwork. Click on the Archangel illustrations below to see more details about saving a free Archangel image or about purchasing the pictures of Archangels at a higher resolution.