Angel

An angel was a being that was described in the Bible as a messenger of God. Angels were typically associated with guardian spirits. Another name for the Grim Reaper was the "angel of death". ()
A preacher in 1950s Harlem often quoted Biblical passages about angels. ()
During World War III, in Richmond, Indiana, a small group of soldiers and civilians in a church were rescued from the nuclear holocaust by a Red Angel. ()
In 2257, when a landing party from the arrived on an interstellar asteroid to rescue the surviving crewmembers of the , Michael Burnham saw a Red Angel, though she didn't believe it was a god-like being, but rather an alien lifeform. The angel was worshipped on Terralysium by citizens of New Eden. ()
In 2267, Spock admitted that he didn't believe in angels, implying that he doubted angels would save him and the rest of the crew of the shuttlecraft from almost certain doom. ()
In 2268, Dr. McCoy, expressing frustration at the restrictions of the Prime Directive, joked that he would like to beam down to a primitive planet and say, "Behold, I am the Archangel !" ()
In 2286, when Spock was writing a time entry program, he said to James T. Kirk that he had to base the variables off his memory. Upon hearing this, McCoy said, with his eyes to heaven, "Angels and ministers of grace, defend us." Spock identified this quote as one said in William Shakespeare's Hamlet, thus confirming his memory was sound. ()
Although he claimed to be "no angel," Miles O'Brien told Odo and a Cardassian court in 2370 that he tried to "live every day as the best Human being I know how to be." ()
Giorgio Vasari considered Leonardo da Vinci to be an angel, according to Kathryn Janeway in 2374. ()
In 2375, claimed that his laws of physics-bending machine "could clip the wings of an angel dancing on the head of a pin." ()
Later that year, Norvo Tigan drunkenly described his sister Ezri as "a shining angel in a dark sky". ()
As Benjamin Sisko arrived in the Fire Caves for his final showdown with Dukat, his adversary called him "an avenging angel". ()
== See also ==
* Archangel
* Angel hair pasta
== External link ==
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Category:Biblical figures