ANTIQUE 18TH CENTURY OLD TESTAMENT TOBIT ARCHANGEL RAPHAEL MICHAEL ROSARY MEDAL For Sale

All our listed items are original Christian devotionals.Some may have been cleaned or polished before their arrival, by their lastcaretaker. Their use is for personal devotion. Kindly look at all of thepictures. The pictures take precedence over the written description when inconflict with it.

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Here are the images are of Archangel Raphael St. Michael& Amadeus, ever present to those who pray, believe, and wear this beautifuland unique 18th century medal from the Papal States, minted in ROME. This medalis 1.25 inches long and weighs 14 grams of bronze. It is an original medal frommy late mother’s vast estate collection of Catholic Medals (Bertha; the founderof Church-Woman Antiques). The name of the angel Raphael appears only in theBiblical Book of Tobit. The Book of Tobit is considered deuterocanonical byCatholics, Orthodox, and some Anglicans. Raphael first appears disguised inhuman form as the travelling companion of Tobit's son, Tobit (Greek:Τωβίας/Tobias), calling himself "Azarias the son of the greatAnanias". During the journey the archangel's protective influence is shownin many ways including the binding of a demon in the desert of upper Egypt.After returning and healing the blind Tobit, Azarias makes himself known as"the angel Raphael, one of the seven, who stand before the Lord"Tobit 12:15. He is venerated as Saint Raphael the Archangel. Regarding thehealing powers attributed to Raphael, there is his declaration to Tobit (Tobit,12) that he was sent by the Lord to heal him of his blindness and to deliverSarah, his future daughter-in-law, from the demon Amadeus, who kills every manshe marries on their wedding night before the marriage can be consummated. Inthe New Testament, only the archangels Gabriel and Michael are mentioned byname (Luke 1:9–26; Jude 1:9). Later manuscripts of John 5:1–4 refer to the poolof Bethesda, where the multitude of the infirm lay awaiting the moving of thewater, for "an angel of the Lord descended at certain times into the pond;and the water was moved. And he that went down first into the pond after themotion of the water was made whole of whatsoever infirmity he lay under".Because of the healing role assigned to Raphael, this angel is generallyassociated with the archangel. The medals dating can be confirmed on pages 2& 3 of the book AN INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS MEDALS, by Bob Forrest, andpublished by NUMISMATICA INTERNATIONAL in 2004.In addition this book haschapters (outlined in the table of contents), describing each of the categoriesof medals, their possible place of pilgrimage (acquisition), and origin of themint where they were made. We recommend that anyone serious about collectingmedals from this period, acquire a copy of this book.

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