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Saint Michael the Archangel is referenced in the Old Testament and has been part of Christian teachings since the earliest times. In Catholic writings and traditions he acts as the defender of the Church and chief opponent of Satan, and assists people at the hour of death. A widely used "Prayer to Saint Michael" was brought into official use by Pope Leo XIII in 1886 and was recommended by Pope John Paul II in 1994. In scripture Michael is mentioned by name five times in the Bible. , Gabriel says, "...but the prince of the kingdom of Persia stood in my way for twenty-one days, until finally Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me." , "No one supports me against all these except Michael, your prince, standing as a reinforcement and a bulwark for me." , "At that time there shall arise Michael, the great prince, guardian of your people; It shall be a time unsurpassed in distress since nations began until that time." , "Yet the archangel Michael, when he argued with the devil in a dispute over the body of Moses, did not venture to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him but said, 'May the Lord rebuke you!'" , "Then war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels battled against the dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back, but they did not prevail and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. The huge dragon, the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, who deceived the whole world, was thrown down to earth, and its angels were thrown down with it." Michael and the Archangels

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“The archangel Michael took supreme command. He reassured their minds by his serenity. His countenance, wherein his soul was visible, expressed contempt for danger.”
— Anatole France, in The Revolt of the Angels [La Revolte des Anges ], as translated by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson, Ch. XXXV
“With impassive gaze, Michael, prince of warriors, measured the extent of the disaster, and his keen intelligence penetrated its causes. The armies of the living God had taken the offensive, but by one of those fatalities in war which disconcert the plans of the greatest captains, the enemy had also taken the offensive, and the effect was evident.”
— Anatole France, in The Revolt of the Angels [La Revolte des Anges], as translated by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson, Ch. XXXV
“There is in heaven an accuser and a defender of man; the name of the former is Semoel and that of the latter Michael.”
— 18, Tales and Maxims from the Midrash by Rev. Samuel Rapaport, (1907), p. 98
“Mike is our Prometheus — but that's all. Mike keeps emphazing this. Thou art God, I am God, he is God — all that groks. Mike is a man like the rest of us. A superior man admittedly — a lesser man taught the things the Martians know, might have set himself up as a pipsqueak god. Mike is above that temptation. Prometheus… but that is all.”
— Robert A. Heinlein, in Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) Part V : His Happy Destiny
“Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.”
— Epistle of Jude (KJV), 9-10

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“The archangel Michael took supreme command. He reassured their minds by his serenity. His countenance, wherein his soul was visible, expressed contempt for danger.”
— Anatole France, in The Revolt of the Angels [La Revolte des Anges ], as translated by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson, Ch. XXXV
“With impassive gaze, Michael, prince of warriors, measured the extent of the disaster, and his keen intelligence penetrated its causes. The armies of the living God had taken the offensive, but by one of those fatalities in war which disconcert the plans of the greatest captains, the enemy had also taken the offensive, and the effect was evident.”
— Anatole France, in The Revolt of the Angels [La Revolte des Anges], as translated by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson, Ch. XXXV
“There is in heaven an accuser and a defender of man; the name of the former is Semoel and that of the latter Michael.”
— 18, Tales and Maxims from the Midrash by Rev. Samuel Rapaport, (1907), p. 98
“Mike is our Prometheus — but that's all. Mike keeps emphazing this. Thou art God, I am God, he is God — all that groks. Mike is a man like the rest of us. A superior man admittedly — a lesser man taught the things the Martians know, might have set himself up as a pipsqueak god. Mike is above that temptation. Prometheus… but that is all.”
— Robert A. Heinlein, in Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) Part V : His Happy Destiny
“Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.”
— Epistle of Jude (KJV), 9-10

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