Camael

Camael (prob. alternate spelling of either Chamuel חַמּוּאֵל (from chammah חַמָּה: "heat", "rage") - "wrath of God"[1] or Qemuel קְמוּאֵל (from qum קוּם: "to arise", "to stand up") - "God is risen", "raised by God", "he who sees/stands before God"[2] — also spelled as Khamael, Camiel, Cameel or Camniel) is the archangel of strength, courage and war in Christian and Jewish mythology and angelology. He is known as one of the ten Kabbalah angels, assigned to the sephira Gevurah. Camael's name is also included in Pseudo-Dionysius' 5th or 6th century AD, "Corpus Areopagiticum" as one of the seven archangels along with Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Jophiel, and Zadkiel.[3] He is claimed to be the leader of the forces that expelled Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden holding a flaming sword. Camael is not recognized by the Catholic Church due to the Vatican's decision to ban the veneration of angels is not mentioned in the Bible.[4]

References

  1. Strong's Hebrew: 2536
  2. Strong's Hebrew: 7055
  3. Davidson, Gustav (1980). A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels. Free Press Publishing.
  4. Vatican Bans Rogue Angels

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