St. Michael is one of the principal angels; his name was the war-cry of the good angels in the battle fought in heaven against the enemy and his followers. Four times his name is recorded in Scripture:
(1) Daniel 10:13 sqq., Gabriel says to Daniel, when he asks God to permit the Jews to return to Jerusalem: „The Angel [D.V. prince] of the kingdom of the Persians resisted me . . . and, behold Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me . . . and none is my helper in all these things, but Michael your prince“;
(2) Daniel 12, the Angel speaking of the end of the world and the Antichrist says: „At that time shall Michael rise up, the great prince, who standeth for the children of thy people.“
(3) In the Catholic Epistle of St. Jude: „When Michael the Archangel, disputing with the…
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