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An educational channel dedicated to the academic, nonsectarian study of religion. We promote improving the public's religious literacy by exploring humanity's beliefs and rituals through an anthropological, sociological, and archaeological lens. Religion for Breakfast does not endorse any particular religious tradition or non-religious perspective. Please be respectful in the comments!The host, Dr. Andrew M. Henry, is a scholar of religious studies. His research focus is early Christianity and late Roman religion. He earned his PhD at Boston University. Follow him on Twitter @andrewmarkhenry.fan Made. no infringement intended.Links:Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfastTwitter: https://twitter.com/andrewmarkhenryBlog: http://www.religionforbreakfast.com
Épisodes 331
Yazidi Religion Explained
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Uploaded 10-09-20
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Bibliography:
Eszter Spät, “The Song of the Commoner: The Gnostic Call in Yezidi Oral Tradition.” In In Search of Truth: Augustine, Manichaeism and Other Gnosticism. Ed. J. A. van den Berg and J. van Schaik, 663-683. Leiden: Brill, 2011.
Victoria Arakelova, "Book Review of God and Sheikh Adi are Perfect,” in Iran and the Caucasus 11 (2007).
Richard Foltz, “The ‘Original’ Kurdish Religion? Kurdish Nationalism and the False Conflation of the Yezidi and Zoroastrian Traditions,” Journal of Persianate Studies, 10 (2017), 87-106.
Peter Nicolaus, “The Serpent Symbolism in the Yezidi Religious Tradition and the Snake in Yerevan,” Iran and the Caucasus 15 (2011), 49-72.
Sebastian Maisel, “Yezidis in Syria: Identity Building among a Double Minority."
Philip Kreyenbroek, "Yezidism Its Background Observances and Textual Tradition."
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Melek Tawus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melek_Taus#/media/File:Tausi-Malek.png
Lalesh pic: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lalish_panorama.jpg
Yazidi Temple in Armenia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jezida_templo_en_aknali%C4%89o.jpg
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Did the Gospels Copy Each Other?
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Uploaded 10-09-21
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00:00 Intro: What are the Synoptics?
2:55 Traditional composition of the Gospels
3:34 Evidence of Verbatim Agreement
5:45 Evidence of Markan Priority
12:34 Double Tradition Question
14:50 Conclusion
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Excavating Göbekli Tepe: An Interview with Archaeologist Jens Notroff
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Archaeologist Jens Notroff, who spent years excavating Göbekli Tepe, joins me to discuss what this 12,000-year-old site reveals about the dawn of civilization, religion, and art.
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What Everyone Gets Wrong About Elves in Iceland
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Old Norse elves aren’t Legolas or Keebler. From Norse gods to tourist gimmicks, this video uncovers how Iceland’s “hidden people” became a global obsession.
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Why Is There a Roman Temple Under This German Shopping Mall?
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Under a shopping mall in Mainz, Germany lies the Roman Empire’s only known joint sanctuary of Isis and Magna Mater. The curse tablets found inside blur the line between ancient magic and religion.
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The Amish Explained
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The Amish appear a lot in pop culture, but they're also frequently misrepresented and mythologized. So what do the Amish actually believe and practice?
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00:00 Introduction
00:54 Basic Overview
3:16 Origins of the Amish
8:49 Amish "Order," The Ordnung
9:35 The Amish and Technology
11:43 The Amish and Public Life
14:47 Amish Culture and Rumspringa
16:46 Amish Religious Practice
17:29 High-Commitment Communities
18:36 The Amish, Pop Culture, and "Bonnet Rippers"
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Was George Washington Religious?
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You may have seen paintings of George Washington kneeling in prayer—an image that gives the impression that Washington was a very religious man. But was he?
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Has Religion Surged During COVID-19 Pandemic?
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Uploaded 20-04-20
Interview with Dr. Joseph Henrich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_M2odFfxno
War Makes Us More Religious video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVKRAMupaUA
In March 2020, Google searches for "prayer" surged to its highest level in 5 years. Presumably, more and more people are searching for answers about prayer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Does this indicate a surge in religiosity as well?
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Bibliography:
K.I. Pargament, "The psychology of religion and coping: Theory, research, practice," Guilford Press, 2001.
Ano and Vasconcelles, 2005, “Religious coping and psychological adjustment to stress: A meta-analysis,” Journal of clinical psychology, 2005, 61 (4), 461-480
Joseph Henrich et. al. “War Increases Religiosity,” https://henrich.fas.harvard.edu/files/henrich/files/henrich_et_al-2019-nature_human_behaviour.pdf
Sinding Bentzen research on natural disasters and religiosity: https://academic.oup.com/ej/article-abstract/129/622/2295/5490325?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Saudi Government Bans Prayers: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/saudi-arabia-bans-prayers-holy-mosques-coronavirus-fears-200320063001931.html
Haaretz article on the sanitation of the Western Wall: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/with-hazmat-suits-collecting-letters-to-god-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-1.8728568
Study by Dr. Jeanet Sinding Bentzen: https://twitter.com/JeanetBentzen/status/1244609464239624192
Sociologist Dr. Landon Schnabel’s response: https://twitter.com/LandonSchnabel/status/1245276267445751808
Social Distancing Photograph 1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2630Social_distancing_and_panic_buying_30.jpg
Social Distancing Photograph 2: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Social_distancing_sign_at_TJs.jpg
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Is Religion Declining?
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Uploaded 30-04-15
Music by: Kevin MacLeod
Bibliography:
UK Religiosity: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/04/13/religion-faith-atheism-britain_n_7052720.html
Atheism Study: http://www.wingia.com/web/files/richeditor/filemanager/Global_INDEX_of_Religiosity_and_Atheism_PR__6.pdf
Millenials and Atheism: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/12/pew-survey-doubt-of-god-growing-quickly-among-millennials/
Pew Research World Religion Study: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/04/02/397042004/muslim-population-will-surpass-christians-this-century-pew-says
Religious Unaffiliation and Belief in God: http://www.pewforum.org/2012/10/09/nones-on-the-rise/
Smith, James K.A. "How [Not] to be Secular."
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Do Atheist Friends Make People Lose Their Faith?
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A new study asks whether atheist friends make religious teens more likely to disaffiliate from religion. The answer is yes, but the real surprise is how many stay religious anyway.
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The Shakers Explained
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The Shakers are an apocalyptic offshoot of the Quakers. They believed that their leader, Ann Lee, was Christ incarnate.
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Why Ancient Christians Destroyed Greek Statues
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In Late Antiquity, Christian leaders condemned paganism, sometimes leading to violent attacks on divine statues. What do these attacks teach us about Christianization of the Roman Empire?
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00:00 Setting up the topic
1:40 How did the Greeks and Romans view statues?
5:28 Idolatry and Cult Statues
7:30 Demonology
12:12 Selective Damage and Embodied Objects
14:07 Christian Triumphalism
20:24 Christianization: Syncretism vs. Antisyncretism
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The Origins of the Antichrist
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Editor: Mark Henry
00:00 Introduction
2:19 Antichrist in the NT
7:19 Irenaeus' Expansion of Antichrist
11:52 Tertullian and Hippolytus
14:00 Medieval Developments of Antichrist
16:11 Conclusion
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What Are Gog and Magog?
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Uploaded 12-03-26
For centuries, readers have tried to identify Gog and Magog...the mysterious enemies in the Book of Revelation. From the Ottoman Empire to the Soviet Union, interpreters keep mapping the prophecy onto new rivals. But who (or what) were Gog and Magog originally?
00:00 Intro
2:15 Gog Oracle in Ezekiel
12:15 Gog and Magog in Later Jewish Texts
16:30 Gog and Magog in Revelation
18:17 Modern Prophetic Speculation
24:21 Nebula really is great and will be a bulwark against AI slop
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What Does Mary "Magdalene" Even Mean?
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Was Mary Magdalene really from a town called Magdala? We examine the archaeology, Greek and Aramaic, and ancient Christian writers to ask whether “Magdalene” meant a hometown, a nickname, “the Tower,” or “the Magnified One.”
00:00 Magdala Introduced
2:31 Who was Mary Magdalene?
3:50 The Hometown Theory
10:15 The Nickname Theory
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What is the Hajj?
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Every year, millions of Muslims complete a pilgrimage to Mecca called The Hajj. This pilgrimage is obligatory for all Muslims and is considered one of the Five Pillars of Islam. But what does this pilgrimage entail?
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Sources:
https://www.aljazeera.com/focus/hajj/2009/11/2009111895127111168.html
https://www.vox.com/2016/9/12/12814258/hajj-2018-islamic-pilgrimage-mecca-what-is-explained
https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/themes/hajj/the_rituals_of_the_hajj.aspx
stampede: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/pilgrims-killed-hajj-stampede-mina-mecca-150924082302232.html
stampede: https://religionnews.com/2015/12/10/saudi-arabia-stifled-true-death-count-hajj-stampede-2411/
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Mina: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina,_Saudi_Arabia#/media/File:Mina_Overview.JPG
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Tech Companies: A New Religion?
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Manichaeism: The Silk Road Religion
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Uploaded 03-06-21
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Special thanks to Dr. Mattias Brand for co-writing this episode.
Bibliography
"MANICHEISM," Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, 2014, available at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/manicheism-parent
N. J. Baker-Brian, Manichaeism. An Ancient Faith Rediscovered (London: T and T Clark, 2011)
J. D. BeDuhn, The Manichaean Body in Discipline and Ritual (London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000),
I. Colditz, "The Abstract of a Religion Or: What Is Manichaeism?," in Mani in Dublin, ed. S. G. Richter, C. Horton, and K. Ohlhafer (Leiden: Brill, 2015), 47-70.
J. K. Coyle, "Foreign and Insane: Labelling Manichaeism in the Roman Empire," in Manichaeism and Its Legacy, ed. J. K. Coyle (Leiden: Brill, 2009), 3-24
I. Gardner, and S. N. C. Lieu, eds. Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004).
I. Gardner, The Founder of Manichaeism: Rethinking the Life of Mani. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Z. Gulácsi, Mani's Pictures: The Didactic Images of the Manichaeans from Sasanian Mesopotamia to Uygur Central Asia and Tang-Ming China (Leiden: Brill, 2015).
A. F. de Jong, "A Quodam Persa Exstiterunt: Re-Orienting Manichaean Origins," in Empsychoi Logoi: Religious Innovations in Antiquity, ed. A. Houtman, A. F. de Jong, and M. Misset-van de Weg (Leiden: Brill, 2009): 81-106.
W. Sundermann, "Manichaean Literature in Iranian Languages," in The Literature of Pre-Islamic Iran, ed. R. E. Emmerick and M. Macuch (London: I.B.Tauris, 2008), 197-265.
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Introduction to Biblical Archaeology
This is Episode 1 of a new Patheos video series: "Excavating the History of the Bible." Watch Episode 2 on their channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4KN4NIVAqE&feature=youtu.beUploaded 17-02-21Video …
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Uploaded 17-02-21
Video Photo attributions:
Special thanks to the Jezreel Valley Regional Project for drone footage of Lachish, Arad, and Megiddo, as well as a bunch of footage of excavations.
Jericho archaeological site, Wikimedia Commons user Abraham, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Is Witchcraft Going Mainstream? | Interview w/ Thorn Mooney
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The number of witches in the U.S. has increased dramatically. I sit down with scholar and practicing witch Thorn Mooney to talk about Wicca, WitchTok, misconceptions, and what it means to be a witch in 2025.
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Mazu: The Chinese Goddess Who Went Global
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Uploaded 15-04-24
Mazu is a Chinese goddess particularly popular in Taiwan and the southeastern provinces of China. But she's also arguably the most popular Chinese goddess around the world, worshipped in 20 different countries around the world.
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Demons Are In Your Toilet
Demonology meets the archaeology of ancient Roman latrines. Uploaded 01-04-18Andrew's religious studies book recommendations: http://amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfastwww.facebook.com/religionforbreakfastwww.p …
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Demonology meets the archaeology of ancient Roman latrines.
Uploaded 01-04-18
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Bibliography:
Primary Sources:
Life and Miracles of St. Thecla, Miracle 7
Suicide by xylospongium found in Seneca's letters: Epis. Mor. 70.20-21
Pompeii "Cacator Cave Malum" fresco found in Taberna IX 7, 22.
Clemens quote: Protrepticus 4.51
Secondary Sources:
Brenk, F.E. “Demonology in the Early Imperial Period.” Aufstieg und Niedergang der romischen Welt. II.16.3, (1986): 2068-2145.
Dunbabin, Katherine M.D. “Baiarum Grata Voluptas: Pleasures and Dangers of the Baths,” Papers of the British School at Rome, Vol. 57, British School at Rome, (1989): 6-46.
Koloski-Ostrow, Ann Olga, "The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy: Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems," 2015
Koloski-Ostrow, Ann Olga. “Cacator Cave Malum: The Subject and Object of Roman Public Latrines in Italy during the First Centuries BC and AD,” in Cura Aquarum in Sicilia. Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress on the History of Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering in the Mediterranean Region.(2000)
Jansen, Gemma C. M., Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, and Eric Maria Moormann. 2011. Roman Toilets: Their Archaeology and Cultural History. Peeters Publishers and Booksellers.
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Did Jesus Really Have Long Hair?
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Uploaded 17-02-26
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Did Jesus really have long, flowing hair? Art always depicts him like that, but archaeology says probably not. From Roman statues to Jewish tomb finds, we explore what men actually looked like in first-century Galilee.
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Is Confucianism a Religion?
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Did Daoism Invent Its Own Founder? | Laozi Explained
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Historians accept that Jesus, Muhammad, and the Buddha existed. However, most scholars think the author of the Daodejing, Laozi, is a legend. Here's how a ritual expert who advised Confucius became a philosopher, an author, an immortal, and a god.
00:00 Founder Mythicism
1:14 Traditional Biography of Laozi Summarized
4:58 Historical Problems with Laozi's Biography
12:42 Daodejing Manuscript Evidence
17:01 Laozi's Later Apotheosis
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Is Buddhism an Atheistic Religion?
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Buddhism has a reputation of being an atheistic religion. But is this true?
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00:00 Intro: Theravada, Mahayana, Secular Buddhism
3:14 Buddhist Cosmology and Devas
7:25 Can the devas help us? (Theravada perspective)
13:46 Bodhissatvas and Mahayana Buddhism
15:26 Tibetan Buddhism
16:19 Buddhist Modernism
19:48 Secular Buddhism
24:47 Conclusion
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How Plato Changed Christian Theology
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Apophatic theology is one of the most mystical branches of Christian thought, which traces from Plato and Neoplatonism to Gregory of Nyssa, Pseudo-Dionysius, and Byzantine mystics.
00:00 Apophatic Moses on Mt. Sinai
3:16 Cataphatic vs. Apophatic Defined
7:16 Roots of Apophatic Theology
9:44 The Cappadocian Fathers
13:17 Pseudo-Dionysius Explained
16:55 Apophatic Ritual and Hesychasm
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Modesto, CA: A Public School with Mandatory Religion Courses?
Teaching neutral, academic religious studies courses in American public schools is tricky. Many people don't even realize that it is legal! But one school district in Modesto, California is proving that a world …
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Teaching neutral, academic religious studies courses in American public schools is tricky. Many people don't even realize that it is legal! But one school district in Modesto, California is proving that a world religions requirement for all students can help improve religious literacy and foster respect for religious freedom.
Uploaded 19-07-16
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Report on outrage over Islam class: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/19/us/lesson-on-islam-shuts-down-virginia-school-district.html
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Bible Belt report: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/teaching-not-preaching-in-ca-bible-belt/
Religion Dispatches: http://religiondispatches.org/reading-writing-religion-back-to-school-at-the-first-public-school-in-the-country-to-require-a-world-religions-course/
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The Most Painful Religious Rituals
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Uploaded 31-10-19
Self-flagellation. Body mortification. Fire-walking. Global religion has bunches of examples of extreme, painful rituals. But why do humans do them?
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Bibliography:
Dimitris Xygalatas, "How Extreme Rituals Forge Intense Social Bonds," https://aeon.co/essays/how-extreme-rituals-forge-intense-social-bonds
Fischer et. al., "The Fire-Walker’s High: Affect and Physiological Responses in an Extreme Collective Ritual," February 2014 | Volume 9 | Issue 2
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0088355&type=printable
Xygalatas et. al. “Effects of Extreme Ritual Practices on Psychophysiological Well-Being,” Current Anthropology, Volume 60, Number 5, October 2019.
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Who is Gabriel in Islam? | Jibrīl Explained
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Uploaded 17-07-25
Who is the angel Gabriel in Islam? Known as Jibril, he’s the messenger who revealed the Quran to Muhammad. This video explores his role in Islamic tradition, how he compares to the biblical Gabriel, and why he’s considered the chief of all angels.
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