tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519955364880984061.post5643235291753392543..comments2023-06-24T07:43:49.683-04:00Comments on Public Vigil: 2 EsdrasMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05204113920771985325noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519955364880984061.post-12894982290846831092011-06-23T17:02:23.474-04:002011-06-23T17:02:23.474-04:00Uriel’s name means “fire of God” in Hebrew.Uriel’s name means “fire of God” in Hebrew.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05204113920771985325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519955364880984061.post-61653288432302723512011-06-23T16:49:57.790-04:002011-06-23T16:49:57.790-04:00After writing about the book of 2 Esdras, I was lo...After writing about the book of 2 Esdras, I was looking for more information about it. It turns out that the Angel Uriel that appears to Ezra became a controversial figure in the 8th century and this is the main reason that the Catholic Church under Pope St. Zachary (741-752) removed 2 Esdras from the Catholic Bible. See more here:<br /><a href="http://www.suite101.com/content/uriels-history-in-the-catholic-church-a222067" rel="nofollow">Uriel's History in the Catholic Church: Archangel and Saint Not Recognized Since 8th Century</a><br /><br />But what is really strangely providential for me is that Uriel is described as the angel that "stands at the Gate of Eden with a fiery sword" by a very well respected Catholic theologian, Abbot Anscar Vonier (1875-1938). (See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriel" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia article on Uriel</a>.) This struck me because I wrote recently about how an angel with a fiery sword appeared also in the apparitions of Fatima, and conjectured if that could be the angel described in Genesis that guards the Tree of Life. See my article here:<br /><a href="http://publicvigil.blogspot.com/2011/06/word-made-flesh.html" rel="nofollow">The Word made Flesh</a><br /><br />I don't attribute any significance to all this, but I thought it was interesting enough to mention it in a comment.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05204113920771985325noreply@blogger.com