Guardian Angel Pictures

As we view these Guardian Angel Pictures it is interesting to know that it was a favorite opinion of the Chrstian fathers that every individual is under the care of a particular angel, who is assigned to him as a guardian. The Jews entertained this belief, as do the Moslems. The heathens held it in a modified form-- the Greeks having their daemons and the Romans their genius. However, there is nothing to support this notion in the Bible.

The representaion of guardian angels in the more homely relations--watching sleeping infants, guiding their feeble steps, and shielding them from accidents--are modern. To the end of the sixteenth century, guardian angels, while engaged in all these minor duties, according to the teaching of the Church, were only represented in art as perfoming solemn and superhuman deeds. This may have resulted from the fixed belief of the old artists in these angelic beings, and their deep reverence for them, while modern artists are simply seeking a graceful and poetric subject.

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