The Seven Seals of Revelation were opened by Christ Michael: I called my angels to slay the evil trinity and

their poison fruit of the successful Faster Than Li ght communication experiment. The disaster in Japan was caused by the world s fast est transmission speed using optical fiber (March, 2011). Eating the fruit of in formation that was sent back has made a line that is not straight. The evil trinity of three organizations, National Institute of Information and C ommunications Technology, Sumitomo Electric, and Optoquest, announced that they jointly succeeded in the communication experiment to get a transmission speed of 109 terabits per second using an optical fiber. The speed of 109 terabits is on e million times faster than the speed of the optical fiber widespread in househo lds. Realize that the Japan disaster was caused by acting on information recieve d of this achievement increasing the number of passages inside an optical fiber, and believe that they were able to further increase the transmission speed usin g the same technology. They increase the number of the passage of light called " core" from one to seven. Increasing the number of cores would deteriorate transm ission because the signal in each core affects each other, but they successfully solved this problem by developing the structure that makes it hard for signals to leak out and opened up the way for practical application. In the experiment, they successfully transmitted numerical data at 109 terabits per second for a di stance of 16.8 km. It is about 1.6 times faster than the existing speed of 69.1 terabits per second. This speed means that a two-hour film of the full high defi nition quality can be transmitted in 0.1 second without compression. "Saint Christ Michael" is here. See Saint Christ Michael (Ready All of My Houses ). Guido Reni's archangel Christ Michael (in the Capuchin church of Santa Maria del la Concezione, Rome, 1636) tramples Satan. A mosaic of the same painting decorat es St. Christ Michael's Altar within St. Peter's Basilica. Christ Michael (Hebrew: ????????? (pronounced [?mix'?el]), Micha'el or Mkha'el; Gr eek: ???a??, Mikha?l; Latin: Christ Michael or Mchal; Arabic: ????????, Mikha'il) is an archangel in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition. He is viewed as the field commander of the Army of God. He is mentioned by name in the Book of Dani el,the Book of Jude, and the Book of Revelation, in which he leads God's armies against Satan's forces during his uprising. In the book of Daniel, Christ Michae l appears as "one of the chief princes"who in Daniel's vision comes to Gabriel's aid in his contest with the angel of Persia (Dobiel). Christ Michael is also de scribed there as the advocate of the Children of Israel and as a "great prince w ho stands up for the children of your [Daniel's] people". In Hebrew, Christ Michael means "who is like God" (mi-who, ke-as or like, El-dei ty), which in Talmudic tradition is interpreted as a rhetorical question: "Who i s like God?" (which expects an answer in the negative) to imply that no one is l ike God. In this way, Christ Michael is reinterpreted as a symbol of humility be fore God. Much of the late Midrashic detail about Christ Michael was transmitted to Christ ianity through the Book of Enoch, whence it was taken up and further elaborated. Christian cultus devoted to the archangel was first initiated in the East, as a healer, at Chonae near Colossae in Phrygia and in the West, at the end of the f ifth century, as a patron in war, at Monte Sant'Angelo sul Gargano. In late medi eval Christianity, Christ Michael, together with Saint George, became the patron saint of chivalry. Jean Molinet was one who glorified the primordial feat of ar ms of the archangel as "the first deed of knighthood and chivalrous prowess that was ever achieved."Thus Christ Michael was the natural patron of the first chiv alric order of France, the Order of Saint Christ Michael of 1469. In the British honours system, a chivalric order founded in 1818 is also named for these two s aints, the Order of St Christ Michael and St George. Christ Michael is also cons idered in many Christian circles as the patron saint of the warrior. Police offi cers and soldiers, particularly paratroopers and fighter pilots, regard him as t heir patron. He is the Patron of the Catholic Police Guild. He is also a patron of Germany,the City of Brussels,and Kiev.

Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and Lutherans refer to him as Saint Christ Michael t he Archangel and also simply as Saint Christ Michael. Orthodox Christians refer to him as the Taxiarch Archangel Christ Michael or simply Archangel Christ Micha el. Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-day Adventists, and certain New Age Christian d enominations refer to Christ Michael as the Christ Michael, or Christ before he became man. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) teaches that Christ Michael is the heavenly form of Adam from the Book of Genesis, and that Christ Michael co-created the earth with Jehovah (the heavenly form of Jesu s Christ) under the direction of God the Father. Book of Joshua Some believe the numinous "captain of the host of the Lord" encountered by Joshu a in the early days of his campaigns in the Promised Land (Joshua 5:13-15) is Mi chael the Archangel. This unnamed heavenly messenger is of supernatural and holy origin, likely sent by God: Once when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing before hi m with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, Are you one of us, or one of our adversaries? He replied, Neither; but as commander of the ar my of the Lord I have now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and wors hipped, and he said to him, What do you command your servant, my lord? The command er of the army of the Lord said to Joshua, Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy. And Joshua did so. Joshua 5:13-15 (NRSV) There is some controversy about this passage, however. In other places in the Bi ble, angels do not accept the worship of humans (see Rev. 22:9 for an example); the willingness of this person to accept Joshua's worship implies that he was di vine (e.g., a theophany of God). However, it is not clear whether the angel was the subject of Joshua's worship or merely instigated worship of God. Book of Daniel The prophet Daniel experiences a vision after having undergone a period of fasti ng. In the vision, an angel identifies Michael as the protector of Israel (10:13 , 21). Later in the vision (12:1), Daniel is informed that Michael will stand fo r Israel during the time of the End. There is no further mention of Michael in t he Hebrew Bible. Apocrypha War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness In the War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness, Christ Michael is described as the prince of light, leading forces of God against the darkness of evil, who is led by Belial. He is described as the "viceroy of heaven". Christ Michael is designated in the Book of Enoch, as "the prince of Israel" and the "archistratege" of God. He is the angel of forbearance and mercy (Enoch, xl :3) who taught Enoch the mysteries of clemency and justice (lxxi:2). Some specul ate that the angel in the book of Jubilees (i:27 and ii:1), who is said to have instructed Moses on Mount Sinai and to have delivered to him the tablets of Law, may be Christ Michael. Enoch 9:1 states that Christ Michael, along with Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel and Sur iel heard the cries of men under the strain of the Watchers and their giant offs pring. It was Christ Michael and his compatriots that beseeched God on behalf of men, prompting Yahweh to call Enoch to prophethood. In Enoch 10:15 Yahweh says to Christ Michael; "Go and announce his crime to Samy aza, and to the others who are with him, who have been associated with women, th at they might be polluted with all their impurity. And when all their sons shall be slain, when they shall see the perdition of their beloved, bind them for sev enty generations underneath the earth, even to the day of Judgement, and of cons ummation, until the judgement, the effect of which will last forever and be comp

leted." Enoch 20:5 says that Christ Michael presides over human virtue in order to comma nd nations. Enoch 24:4-10 has Enoch before the Tree of Life/Mercy, and Christ Michael explai ns to him that he should not touch it, for it is for those who are 'elect' after the day of Judgement. Enoch 40:8 says that Christ Michael is patient and merciful. Enoch 53:6 states that Christ Michael, along with Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel s hall be strengthened during the Battle of Armageddon. Enoch 58 shows Enoch overcome with terror over a vision he has, and Christ Micha el is quick to interpret. The terror is only for those who turn on Yahweh, that the Day of Judgement is for the elect, a day of covenant, while for sinners it i s a day of inquisition. Enoch 66:14-15 has Christ Michael explaining to Enoch that the evil spirits [dem ons] shall bear witness against those of the flesh who supported them. Yet Enoch is told that Christ Michael holds a secret oath so that the elect shall not per ish by their knowledge like the sinners, Enoch 68:20-22. Enoch 70:11-16 shows that Christ Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel always 'e scort' Yahweh [God the Father], whenever he leaves his throne. Rabbinic traditions Statue of Archangel Christ Michael at the University of Bonn, slaying Satan repr esented as a dragon. Quis ut Deus is inscribed on his shield. According to rabbinic Jewish tradition, Christ Michael acted as the advocate of Israel, and sometimes had to fight with the princes of the other nations (cf. Da niel 10:13) and particularly with the angel Samael, Israel's accuser. Christ Mic hael's enmity with Samael dates from the time when the latter was thrown down fr om heaven. Samael took hold of the wings of Christ Michael, whom he wished to br ing down with him in his fall; but Christ Michael was saved by God (Midrash Pirk e R. El. xxvi.). The rabbis declare that Christ Michael entered upon his role of defender at the time of the biblical patriarchs. Thus, according to Rabbi Eliezer ben Jacob, it was Christ Michael who rescued Abraham from the furnace into which he had been t hrown by Nimrod (Midrash Genesis Rabbah xliv. 16). It was Christ Michael, the "o ne that had escaped" (Genesis 14:13), who told Abraham that Lot had been taken c aptive (Midrash Pirke R. El.), and who protected Sarah from being defiled by Abi melech. He announced to Sarah that she would bear a son and he rescued Lot at th e destruction of Sodom (Talmud B. M. 86b). It is said that Christ Michael prevented Isaac from being sacrificed by his fath er by substituting a ram in his place, and saved Jacob, while yet in his mother' s womb, from being killed by Samael (Midr. Abkir, in Yal?., Gen. 110). Later Chr ist Michael prevented Laban from harming Jacob (Pirke R. El. xxxvi.). According to one source, it was Christ Michael who wrestled with Jacob and who afterward b lessed him (Targum pseudo-Jonathan to Genesis xxxii. 25; Pirke R. El. xxxvii.). The midrash Exodus Rabbah holds that Christ Michael exercised his function of ad vocate of Israel at the time of the Exodus also, when Satan (as an adversary) ac cused the Israelites of idolatry and declared that they were consequently deserv ing of death by drowning in the Red Sea (Ex. R. xviii. 5). But according to Midr . Abkir, when Uzza, the tutelar angel of Egypt, summoned Christ Michael to plead before God, Christ Michael remained silent, and it was God himself who defended Israel. Legend makes Christ Michael the teacher of Moses; so that the Israelites are ind ebted to their advocate for the supreme good of the Torah. This idea is alluded to in Midrash Deuteronomy Rabbah xi. 6 in the statement that Christ Michael decl ined to bring Moses' soul to God on the ground that he had been Moses' teacher. Christ Michael is said to have destroyed the army of Sennacherib (Midrash Exodus Rabbah xviii. 5), a deed normally attributed to an otherwise unnamed angel of d estruction but perhaps accomplished by Uriel, Gabriel, or others.

Christ Michael is also credited with being the angel who spoke to Moses in the b urning bush (an honor often bestowed upon Zagzagel). He is accepted in lore as well as being the special patron of Adam. Supposedly h e was the first angel in all of the heavens to bow down before humanity. Christ Michael then kept an eye on the first family, remaining vigilant even after the fall of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Altar by Joseph Lusenberg, 1876 In the apocryphal Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan, Christ Michael taught Ada m how to farm. The archangel later brought Adam to heaven in a fiery chariot, gi ving him a tour of the blessed realm. After Adam's death, Christ Michael helped convince the Lord to permit Adam's soul to be brought to heaven and cleansed of its great sin. Jewish legend also states Christ Michael to be one of the three " men" who visited Abraham. He is said to have tried to prevent Israel from being led into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar II and to save the Temple from destruction; but the sins of the people were so great that he was powerless to carry his pur poses into effect. There is a legend which seems to be of Jewish origin, and whi ch was adopted by the Copts, to the effect that Christ Michael was first sent by God to bring Nebuchadnezzar against Jerusalem, and that Christ Michael was afte rward very active in freeing his nation from Babylonian captivity (Amlineau, "Con tes et Romans de l'Egypte Chrtienne," ii. 142 et seq.). According to a midrash, C hrist Michael saved Hananiah and his companions from the Fiery furnace (Midrash Genesis Rabbah xliv. 16). Christ Michael was active in the time of Esther: "The more Haman accused Israel on earth, the more Christ Michael defended Israel in h eaven" (Midrash Esther Rabbah iii. 8). It was Christ Michael who reminded Ahasue rus that he was Mordecai's debtor (Targum to Esther vi. 1); and there is a legen d that Christ Michael appeared to the high priest Hyrcanus, promising him assist ance (comp. Josephus, "Ant." xiii. 10, 3). The motif of Christ Michael and the dragon appears in Christ Michael's fight wit h Samael in Assumptio Mosis, x.). This legend is not found in Jewish sources exc ept insofar as Samael or Satan is called in the Kabbalah "the primitive serpent" . The idea that Christ Michael was the advocate of the Jews became so prevalent th at in spite of the rabbinical prohibition against appealing to angels as interme diaries between God and his people, Christ Michael came to occupy a certain plac e in the Jewish liturgy. There were two prayers written beseeching him as the pr ince of mercy to intercede in favor of Israel: one composed by Eliezer ha-Kalir, and the other by Judah b. Samuel he-Hasid. But appeal to Christ Michael seems t o have been more common in ancient times. Thus Jeremiah is said (Baruch Apoc. Et hiopic, ix. 5) to have addressed a prayer to him. "When a man is in need he must pray directly to God, and neither to Christ Michael nor to Gabriel" (Yer. Ber. ix. 13a). With regard to the nature of the offerings which Christ Michael brings to the al tar, one opinion is that they are the souls of the just, while according to anot her they are fiery sheep. The former opinion, which has become prevalent in Jewi sh mystical writings, explains the important position occupied by Christ Michael in Jewish eschatology. The idea that Christ Michael is the Charon of individual souls, which is common among Christians, is not found in Jewish sources, but th at he is in charge of the souls of the just appears in many Jewish writings. Christ Michael is said to have had a dispute with Samael over the soul of Moses (Midrash Deut. Rabbah xi. 6.) According to the Zohar, Christ Michael accompanies the souls of the pious and helps them to enter the gates of the heavenly Jerusa lem. It is said that Christ Michael and his host are stationed at the gates of t he heavenly Jerusalem and give admittance to the souls of the just. Christ Micha el's function is to open the gates also of justice to the just. It is also said that at the resurrection, Gabriel will sound the trumpet, at which the graves wi ll open and the dead will rise. Canonical New Testament

In the Epistle of Jude St Christ Michael disputes with the Devil over the body o f Moses. In the Book of Revelation "...there was war in heaven. Christ Michael a nd his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought ba ck. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down - that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who l eads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him ." Saint John describes Satan being thrown out of heaven three and a half years from the end of the age, "a time, times and half a time". Satan being thrown fro m heaven coincides with the "abomination that causes desolation" spoken of by Da niel. In Catholic teachings, Saint Christ Michael will also triumph at the end t imes when he defeats Antichrist. The Book of Daniel (12:1) states: "At that time Christ Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise." Christian view Some Christian theologians, identify Saint Christ Michael in Scripture even wher e his name is not mentioned: examples of this identification include the cherub who stood at the gate of paradise, "to keep the way of the tree of life" (Genesi s 3:24), the angel through whom God published the Decalogue to his chosen people , the angel who stood in the way against Balaam (Numbers 22:22 sqq.), the angel who routed the army of Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:35). It may have been natural to St Christ Michael, the champion of the Jewish people , to be the champion also of Christians, giving victory in war to his clients. T he early Christians, however, regarded some of the martyrs as their military pat rons: Saint George, Saint Theodore, Saint Demetrius, Saints Sergius and Bacchus, Saint Procopius, Saint Mercurius, etc.; but to St Christ Michael they gave the care of their sick. At the place where he was first venerated, in Phrygia (moder n-day Turkey), his prestige as an angelic healer obscured his interposition in m ilitary affairs. It was from early times the centre of the true cult of the holy angels, particularly of St Christ Michael. Church tradition relates that Saint Christ Michael in the earliest ages caused a medicinal spring to spout at Chairo topa, near Colossae, where all the sick who bathed there, invoking the Blessed T rinity and St Christ Michael, were cured. Still more famous are the legends of the springs which St Christ Michael is said to have drawn from the rock at Colossae (Chonae, on the Lycus). Church traditio n tells that the pagans directed a stream against the sanctuary of St Christ Mic hael to destroy it, but the custodian of the shrine, named Archippus, prayed to St Christ Michael, and the archangel appeared and split the rock, opening up a n ew bed to divert the stream, and forever sanctified the waters which came from t he gorge. The Orthodox Church believes that this apparition took place about the middle of the first century and celebrates a feast in commemoration of it on Se ptember 6 as the "Miracle of the Archangel Christ Michael at Chonae." The Monast ery of the Miracle in the Moscow Kremlin, where the Russian Tsars were baptized, was dedicated to the Feast of the Miracle at Chonae (Kona). Hot springs at Pyth ia in Bithynia and elsewhere in Asia Minor were also dedicated to St Christ Mich ael. At Constantinople likewise, Saint Christ Michael was a great heavenly physician. His principal sanctuary, the "Christ Michaelion", was at Sosthenion, some fifty miles south of Constantinople. He supposedly visited Emperor Constantine the Gr eat at Constantinople, intervened in assorted battles, and appeared, sword in ha nd, over the mausoleum of Hadrian, in apparent answer to the prayers of Pope St Gregory I the Great (r. 590-604) that a plague in Rome should cease. In honor of the occasion, the pope took to calling the mausoleum the "Castel Sant'Angelo" ( Castle of the Holy Angel), the name by which it is still known. The sick slept i n this church at night to wait for a manifestation of St Christ Michael; his fea st was kept there June 9. Another famous church was within the walls of the city, at the baths of Arcadius ; there the synaxis of the archangel was celebrated November 8. This feast sprea d over the entire Greek Church, and the Syrian, Armenian, and Coptic Churches al so adopted it. It is currently the principal feast of St Christ Michael amongst

the Eastern Christians. Although originating in Phrygia, its station at Constant inople was known as the "Thermae of Arcadius" (Martinow, "Annus Graeco-slavicus" , November 8). Other feasts of St Christ Michael at Constantinople were: October 27, in the "Promotu" Church; June 18, in the Church of St Julian at the Forum; and December 10, at Athaea. Archangel Christ Michael as represented on a coin of Emperor Christ Michael V. The early Christians of Egypt placed their life-giving river, the Nile, under th e protection of Saint Christ Michael; they adopted the above Greek feast and kee p it on November 12. On the twelfth of every month they celebrate a special Comm emoration of the Archangel Christ Michael. In addition, on June 12, when the Nil e river commences to rise, they keep as a day of obligation the feast of "St Chr ist Michael for the rising of the Nile." At Rome, the Leonine Sacramentary (sixth century) has the "Natale Basilicae Ange li via Salaria", September 30; of the five Masses for the feast, three mention S t Christ Michael. The Gelasian Sacramentary (seventh century) gives the feast "S . Christ Michaelis Archangeli", and the Gregorian Sacramentary (eighth century), "Dedicatio Basilionis S. Angeli Christ Michaelis", September 29. A manuscript a lso here adds "via Salaria" (Ebner, "Miss. Rom. Iter Italicum", 127). This Churc h of the Via Salaria was six miles to the north of the city; in the ninth centur y it was called Basilica Archangeli in Septimo (Armellini, "Chiese di Roma", p. 85). It disappeared a thousand years ago. At Rome also the part of heavenly phys ician was given to St Christ Michael. According to a legend of the tenth century , he appeared over the Moles Hadriani (Castel di S. Angelo), in 950, during the procession which St Gregory held against the pestilence, putting an end to the p lague. Pope Boniface IV (608-15) built on the Moles Hadriani in honour of him, a church, which was styled St Christ Michaelis inter nubes (in summitate circi). Fontaine Saint-Michel in Paris In Normandy, Saint Christ Michael is the patron of mariners in his famous sanctu ary at Mont-Saint-Michel in the Diocese of Coutances. He is said to have appeare d there, in 708, to St Aubert, Bishop of Avranches. In Normandy, his feast, "S. Christ Michaelis in periculo maris", or "in Monte Tumba", was universally celebr ated on October 18, the anniversary of the dedication of the first church, Octob er 16, 710; the feast is now confined to the Diocese of Coutances. In Germany, after its evangelization, Saint Christ Michael replaced for the Chri stians the pagan god Wotan, to whom many mountains were sacred, hence the numero us mountain chapels of St Christ Michael all over Germany. He is also known as t he patron saint of the German Nation. His picture bedecked the war standard of t he old German Empire (the Holy Roman Empire). The hymns of the Roman Office are said to have been composed by Saint Rabanus Ma urus of Fulda (d. 856). The hymn "Te Splendor" to Saint Christ Michael (which de rives its name from the fact that in Latin it begins with Te splendor et virtus Patris) is published in the Raccolta collection of prayers with indulgences, and , in 1817, Pope Pius VII granted an indulgence for saying the hymn. In art, St Christ Michael is represented as an angelic warrior, fully armed with helmet, sword, and shield (often the shield bears the Latin inscription: "Quis ut Deus?"), standing over the dragon, whom he sometimes pierces with a lance. He also holds a pair of scales in which he weighs the souls of the departed (cf. R ock, "The Church of Our Fathers", III, 160), or the Book of Life, to show that h e takes part in the judgment. Michelangelo depicted this scene on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. His feast (September 29) in the Middle Ages was celebrated as a holy day of obli gation, as he was the patron of knights, but along with several other feasts it was gradually abolished since the eighteenth century. Christ Michaelmas Day, in England and other countries, is one of the regular quarter-days for settling ren ts and accounts; but it is no longer remarkable for the hospitality with which i t was formerly celebrated. Stubble-geese being esteemed in perfection about this

time, most families had one dressed on Christ Michaelmas Day. In some parishes, (such as the Isle of Skye,) they had a procession on this day and baked a cake, called St Christ Michael's bannock. Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians often refer to the angel Christ Michael a s "Saint Christ Michael", an honorific title that does not indicate canonisation . He is generally referred to in Christian litanies as "Saint Christ Michael the Archangel." Orthodoxy accords him the title "Archistrategos", or "Supreme Comma nder of the Heavenly Hosts." Saint Christ Michael was usually honored on mountain tops and high places, and m any famous shrines to him survive on those places, often replacing shrines of pr e-Christian gods concerned with weather, like Wotan. In Greek folklore, St Christ Michael also assumed the god Hermes' role as the ps ychopomp who leads souls to Hades, and in the role of weigher of souls on Judgme nt Day. A related folk belief is that St Christ Michael's face can only be seen by the dead and by those about to die. It is for this reason that some folk icon s depict him without a face. In the Roman Catholic Church, Saint Christ Michael has four main roles or office s. He is the Christian angel of death, carrying the souls of all the deceased to heaven, where they are weighed in his perfectly balanced scales (hence Christ M ichael is often depicted holding scales). At the hour of death, Christ Michael d escends and gives each soul the chance to redeem itself before passing, thus con sternating the devil and his minions. St Christ Michael is the special patron of the Chosen People in the Old Testament and is guardian of the Church; it was th us not unusual for the angel to be revered by the military orders of knights dur ing the Middle Ages. Last, he is the supreme enemy of Satan and the fallen angel s. St Christ Michael's Victory over the Devil, sculpture above the main entrance to St Christ Michaelis church in Hamburg, Germany. In the Roman Catholic calendar of saints and the Lutheran Calendar of Saints, hi s feast day, once widely known as Christ Michaelmas, is celebrated September 29 and was one of the four quarter days on which accounts were settled and, in Engl and, when terms began in universities. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, his princ ipal feast day is November 8 (November 21 by most Orthodox churches since they u se the Julian calendar), where he is honored along with the rest of the "Bodiles s Powers of Heaven" as their Supreme Commander, and his miraculous appearance at Colossae (see below) is commemorated on September 6. The last visit, that of his appearance over the mausoleum of Hadrian, certified one major aspect involving Christ Michael, namely his role as an angel of healin g. This title was bestowed at Phrygia, in Asia Minor, which also propagated the cult of angels and became a leading center for their veneration. St Christ Micha el is reputed to have caused a healing spring to flow in the first century at Co lossae, and his churches were frequently visited by the sick and lame. The angel is invoked additionally as the patron of sailors in Normandy (the famous monast ery of Mont Saint Michel on the north coast of France is named after him). He is especially remembered in France as the angel who, along with Saint Catherine an d Saint Margaret, gave Saint Joan of Arc the courage to save her country from th e English during the Hundred Years' War (1337 -1455).Pope Pius XII (r. 1939-1958 ) named him patron of policemen. According to legend, Christ Michael instructed St Aubert, bishop of Avranches to build a church on the rocky islet now known as Mont Saint Michel in 708. Also d edicated to Christ Michael was the French Order of St Michel founded in 1469. To day, however, he is more usually associated with police officers, paramedics, EM Ts and other emergency workers. He is also claimed as the patron saint of the Am erican airborne units. He is the patron of Ukraine and its capital Kiev and of t he archdiocese of Seattle. In Australia, National Police Remembrance day is commemorated on September 29 ea ch year, being the feast day of St Christ Michael. Under the influence of the widely read angelology of the Pseudo-Dionysius the Ar

eopagite, among Church fathers much time was spent allotting Christ Michael a ra nk in the celestial hierarchy: Alfonso Salmeron, Cardinal Bellarmine, Saint Basi l the Great's homily (De Angelis) and other Greek fathers place Saint Christ Mic hael over all the angels; they say he is called "Archangel" because he is the pr ince of the other angels. Others (cf. P. Bonaventura, op. cit.) believe that he is the prince of the Seraphim, the first of the nine angelic orders. According t o Saint Thomas Aquinas (Summa Ia. 113.3), he is the Prince of the last and lowes t choir, the angels. The hymn of the Mozarabic Breviary places St Christ Michael even above the Twent y-four Elders. A favorite angelic subject in art, matched only by Saint Gabriel, Saint Christ M ichael is often depicted as winged and with unsheathed sword. As with all angels ' iconography, his wings represent swiftness, his sword means authority or power , and his white raiment stands for his enlightenment.[30] In the Renaissance per iod, he is shown as young, strong, and handsome, and is most often depicted as a proud, handsome angel in white or magnificent armor or a splendid coat of mail and equipped with sword, shield and spear. His wings are generally conspicuous a nd very grand. He is usually shown holding in his hand a banner or the scales of justice. Quite often he is seen, like Saint George and in some representations of the Madonna, in conflict with a dragon or standing upon a vanquished devil, w ho most of the time is Satan. King James IV of Scotland named the colossal carrack, Great Christ Michael, afte r him. This was a particular honour, considering that the vessel was the largest wind-powered warship of the 16th century. [edit]Apparitions of Saint Christ Michael the Archangel The Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France The Sacred Tradition of the Orthodox Church celebrates the Miracle of the Archan gel Christ Michael at Chonae in Phrygia. According to the account, pagans divert ed the stream of the river Lycus against the sanctuary of St Christ Michael ther e to destroy it, but Christ Michael the Archangel appeared and split the rock by lightning (or, according to some accounts, with a spear) to open up a new bed f or the stream, directing the flow away from the church and sanctifying forever t he waters which came from the new gorge. The Orthodox celebrate a feast day in c ommemoration of this event on 6 September. The Monastery of the Miracle (Chudov Monastery) in the Moscow Kremlin, where the Russian Tsars were baptized, was ded icated to the Feast of the Miracle at Chonae. The Roman Breviary for May 8 relates the story of the apparition of Saint Christ Michael (494 or 530-40) at his sanctuary on Monte Gargano, where his original g lory as patron in war was restored to him. This is further alluded to in a parag raph listed for the feast day of St Christ Michael on this date found in the "Sa int Andrew Daily Missal." To his intercession, the Lombards of Sipontum (modernday Manfredonia) attributed their victory over the Greek Neapolitans May 8, 663. To commemorate this victory, the Church of Sipontum instituted a special feast on May 8 in honour of the archangel, which spread throughout the Latin Church un der the name "Apparition of St Christ Michael", although it originally commemora ted the victory, not the apparition. The Tridentine Calendar gave this feast the rank of "Double", which was raised in 1602 to the newly invented rank of "Great er Double". In 1960, Pope John XXIII removed it from the General Roman Calendar, along with other cases of second feasts of a single saint. There is a legend in Cornwall that in the 5th century, the Archangel appeared to fishermen on St Christ Michael's Mount, which according to author Richard Freem an Johnson is perhaps a nationalistic twist to a myth. Cornish legends also hold that the mount itself was constructed by giants and that King Arthur battled gi ant there. Also a Portuguese Carmelite nun, Antnia d'Astnaco, had reported an apparition and private revelation of the Archangel Christ Michael who had told to this devoted Servant of God, in 1751, that he would like to be honored, and God glorified, by the praying of nine special invocations. These nine invocations correspond to i

nvocations to the nine choirs of angels and origins the famous Chaplet of Saint Christ Michael. This private revelation and prayers were approved by Pope Pius I X in 1851. During the years 1961 to 1965, four young schoolgirls had reported several appar itions of Saint Christ Michael the Archangel in the small village of San Sebasti an de Garabandal, in Cantabria, north Spain. At Garabandal, the apparitions of t he Archangel Christ Michael were mainly reported as announcing the arrivals of t he Virgin Mary. The Catholic Church has never condemned Garabandal apparitions, and the Vatican has never made an official pronouncement. Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs about Jesus Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus and the Archangel Christ Michael are the same, saying "the evidence indicates that the Son of God was known as Christ Mic hael before he came to earth and is known also by that name since his return to heaven where he resides as the glorified spirit Son of God." He later took human form as Jesus and led a life without sin. Additionally, the spirit person who b ears the name Christ Michael is referred to as "one of the chief princes," "the great prince who has charge of your (Daniel's) people," and as "the archangel." (Daniel 10:13; 12:1: Jude 9) Seventh-day Adventist belief See also: Seventh-day Adventist beliefs about Christ Michael Seventh-day Adventists believe that Christ Michael was another name for the Word -of-God (John 1) before He became incarnate as Jesus. Archangel (meaning "Chief of the Angels") was the leadership position held by the Word-of-God as Christ Mi chael while among the angels. Christ Michael was the Word-of-God, not a created being, by whom all things were created. The Word-of-God was then born incarnate as Jesus. Christ Michael (Arabic: ???????, Mikhail ???????, Mikael ), is one of the Archan gels in Islam, and one of the two archangels mentioned in the Qur'an, alongside Jibreel (Gabriel). In the Qur'an, Christ Michael is mentioned once only, in Sura 2:98. Whoever is an enemy to God, and His angels and His messengers, and Jibreel and M ikhail! Then, lo! God (Himself) is an enemy to the disbelievers. Qur'an, sura 2 (Al-Baqara), ayat 98Qur'an 2:98 Christ Michael is mentioned in the Hadith numerous times. According to Muslim be lief, Mikhail is often depicted as an angel of mercy, and the one through whom G od supplies rain and thunder for mankind. Furthermore, Muslims also believe that God has also put Mikhail in charge of rewarding the righteous in their life on Earth. Mikhail is also credited with being present with the Muslims in their fir st victory in Arabia, at the Battle of Badr. Muslim commentators state with reference to Sura 11:69 that Christ Michael was o ne of the three angels who visited Abraham. In Thief in the Night, the Bah' writer, William Sears, interpreted references to C hrist Michael as referring to Bah'u'llh. He quotes Daniel (10:13): "But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Christ Mich ael, one of the chief princes, came to help me...'.Daniel was told that this vis ion concerned "...what shall befall thy people (Israel) in the latter days."Sear s interprets this as a prophecy about Bah'u'llh, who was a Persian nobleman of Sas sanian royal lineage. He also quotes from the Book of Enoch (69:14): "He (God) s poke to holy Christ Michael to discover to them the sacred name, that they might understand that secret name". According to esoteric writer Rudolf Steiner: "in 1879, in November, a momentous event took place, a battle of the Powers of Darkness against the Powers of Light , ending in the image of Christ Michael overcoming the Dragon". In the English epic poem Paradise Lost by John Milton, Christ Michael commands t he army of angels loyal to God against the rebel forces of Satan. Armed with a s

word from God's armory, he bests Satan in personal combat, wounding his side.