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Post by Fassbender Fan on Nov 14, 2005 16:59:27 GMT
Raphael Raphael, which means "God has healed", is one of the seven chief angels. He is known as the Semitic God of Air and one of the four presences set over all the diseases and all the wounds of the children of men. Check this site out, all about him!http://www.sarahsarchangels.com/archangels/raphael.html Alternatively found this: Although a seraph, Raphael is also mentioned as being a member of the cherubim, dominations and powers. He has be attributed as the chief of virtues, although that ranking has also been given to Michael, and also can be considered head of the guardian angels. His most notable appearance in scripture is his guiding of young Tobias in the apocryphal book of Tobit where he teaches the lad about medicine and demon exorcising among other things. Also in his role as healer, it is Raphael who eases the pain of Abraham after his circumcision, and healing Jacob's thigh after Jacob wrestles with another angel. He is also considered to be a patron of the sciences as well as medicine, teaching Noah how to construct the ark before the flood, and teaching Solomon how to bind demons into slave labor when Solomon's Temple was being built.
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ladystardust618
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Post by ladystardust618 on Nov 16, 2005 20:21:15 GMT
hmm...i wander why they gave him a french accent?
they should have handed him a large baguette and paint brush too.
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Post by DreamDangerously on Nov 16, 2005 20:35:25 GMT
Actually Anatole Taubman who plays Raphael grew up in Switzerland so I suspect that's his natural accent.
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ladystardust618
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Post by ladystardust618 on Nov 16, 2005 20:39:34 GMT
I never knew that...well it would explain it...I think. He did sound very French And looked dark and broody.... wait. every guy on that show is dark and broody. Except for the Headmaster.
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Post by Fassbender Fan on Nov 17, 2005 17:54:47 GMT
haha I thought he was Russian oops
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Post by DreamDangerously on Nov 17, 2005 17:59:37 GMT
lol...me too.
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philhood17
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Post by philhood17 on Nov 17, 2005 19:25:24 GMT
he sounded Russian
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Feena
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Post by Feena on Nov 22, 2005 20:38:39 GMT
Saint Raphael is one the three angels specifically mentioned by name in the Bible.
The great Archangel Raphael is the Angel of Marriage, of Healing, of Happy Meetings, of Joy and of Travel.
St. Raphael identifies himself as "one of the seven who stand before the Lord." (Tobias 12:15).
Raphael guided the young Tobias on a long journey and helped him to collect a debt for his father, to meet his future bride Sara, to begin a holy marriage, to drive away the devil from Sara, to return safely home and to cure his father's blindness.
Apart from the curing the blindness of Tobias' father part, some of it sounds similar to what he's doing with Leon.
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Post by DreamDangerously on Nov 22, 2005 20:43:27 GMT
hmmm you're right. Interesting stuff!
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Post by Azazeal Lover on Nov 22, 2005 20:47:25 GMT
The great Archangel Raphael is the Angel of Marriage, of Healing, of Happy Meetings, of Joy and of Travel.
Doesn't seem to me if he doing any of this stuff, lol he seem abit mean. I know he there to help Ella to keep her on the Right track, to make sure she does her job.
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Post by Kneetroll on Nov 23, 2005 18:18:26 GMT
hmm i thought Italian? lol
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Post by Jimjamz on Nov 23, 2005 21:09:02 GMT
hmm i thought Italian? lol Oh thank god im not the only one! ;D
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doug
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Post by doug on Nov 23, 2005 23:42:46 GMT
I thought he sounded Russian/Eastern European.
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Post by andromachecasandra on Nov 27, 2005 22:21:56 GMT
I thought he was supposed to be Russian too; so much so that my friend at work and I call Raphael the Russian mafia-angel.
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marymagdalene
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oh you sad one playing an angle...
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Post by marymagdalene on Oct 1, 2006 19:37:17 GMT
I also thought he has russian accent ;D
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