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Photo credit<\/strong>: The Fall of the Rebel Angels<\/em>, c. 1666, by Luca Giordano (1634-1705) [public domain \/ Wikimedia Commons]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Lucas Banzoli<\/a>\u00a0is a very active Brazilian anti-Catholic polemicist, who holds to basically a\u00a0Seventh-day Adventist theology<\/a>, whereby there is\u00a0no such thing as a soul<\/a>\u00a0that consciously exists outside of a body, and\u00a0no hell<\/a>\u00a0(soul sleep and annihilationism). He has a Master\u2019s degree in theology, a degree and postgraduate work in history, a license in letters, and is a history teacher, author of 27 self-published books, as well as blogmaster for six blogs. He\u00a0has many videos on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is my\u00a069th refutation<\/a> of Banzoli\u2019s writings (or videos, as in this case). From 25 May until 12 November 2022 he wrote not<\/em>\u00a0one single<\/em>\u00a0word<\/em>\u00a0in reply, claiming that my articles were\u00a0\u201cwithout exception poor, superficial and weak\u201d<\/span>\u00a0and that\u00a0\u201conly a severely cognitively impaired person\u201d<\/span>\u00a0would take\u00a0them\u00a0\u201cseriously.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Nevertheless, he found them so\u00a0\u201centertaining\u201d<\/span>\u00a0that after almost six months of inaction he resolved to\u00a0\u201cmake a point of rebutting\u201d<\/span>\u00a0them\u00a0\u201cone by one\u201d<\/span>;\u00a0this effort being his\u00a0\u201cnew favorite sport.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0But apparently he changed his mind again, since he has replied to me only\u00a016 times<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(the last one\u00a0dated 2-20-23<\/a>).<\/p>\n

This is a reply to his YouTube video, \u201cWhy I Believe Michael is Jesus\u201d<\/a> (4-23-25).<\/p>\n

Lucas\u2019 original Brazilian Portugese was translated into English by Google Translate. His words will be in\u00a0blue<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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I won\u2019t go through all of Lucas\u2019 discombobulated reasoning, since this is a fringe view in the first place; rejected by virtually all trinitarian Bible scholars. Seventh-Day Adventists are, I believe the only trinitarian denomination of note that holds this position. Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses (JWs) also do, because many of their views (e.g., soul sleep and annihilationism: a denial of eternal hellfire: heresies also held by Lucas) \u2014 and a penchant for making false predictions about the date of the end of the age \u2014 were historically derived from Adventism. But JWs aren\u2019t Christians; they\u2019re Arian heretics, who believe that Jesus was a created being; not the eternal God.<\/p>\n

Lucas spends much time arguing that the angel of the Lord is presented as God Himself in Scripture. Yes, He is (as I\u2019ve noted for over 40 years now), and most Bible scholars believe the same, so that is neither here nor there, and won\u2019t \u2014 much as he tries to special plead \u2014 get him to the position that Michael is Jesus.<\/p>\n

Looking through his transcript, I found what I believe is the fundamental false premise that is leading him astray. He thinks that the word \u201carchangel\u201d (= archaggelos<\/em> \/ \u1f00\u03c1\u03c7\u03ac\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2; Strong\u2019s Greek word #743<\/a>; only in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 and Jude 1:9 [\u201cthe archangel Michael\u201d] ) signifies not the \u201cchief angel\u201d (who is still an angel; the highest<\/em> one) but something<\/em> other than an angel altogether<\/em> (i.e., Jesus \/ God). Hence he states:<\/p>\n

15:40-16:38 [An] archangel is not a class of angels. Archangel is literally the junction of the prefix arche<\/em>, which in Greek means chief or leader, with angelos<\/em>, which 1means angel, that is, it literally means the chief of the angels. He is not\u00a0 saying that the archangel is an angel, but rather that the archangel leads over the angels. He is the chief of the angels. . . . <\/span><\/span>Now obviously the architect is not a builder he is the chief of the builders which is literally what the word means, that is, he is the one who designs what the builders [construct]. So just as the architect is not one of the builders, but rather the one who is above the builders, in the same way the archangel is not an angel, but rather the one who is above the angels, that is, the one who is the chief of the angels.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Now, the way we determine what a word means in Holy Scripture is to consult Greek lexicons. But Lucas never does that. He expects readers to take his word for it. If indeed he were correct, then it would be an easy thing to back himself up with Greek scholars. So why doesn\u2019t<\/em> he do that and nail down his case? Instead, he ignores the Greek scholars and simply cites individuals \u2014 exegetes \/ theologians \/ preachers \u2014 whom he claims agree with his view (e.g., Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, John Calvin, and Charles Spurgeon). But I can easily show that he is full of hot air in his claim above, by citing Greek New Testament scholars (none of them, Catholic).<\/p>\n

Gerhard Kittel\u2019s Theological Dictionary of the New Testament<\/em><\/a> (one-volume edition edited by Geoffrey W. Bromily, Eerdmans, 1985, p. 14) states:<\/p>\n

The idea of archangels is connected with the singling out of individual angels<\/em>. Josh. 5:14 mentions a captain or commander of the Lord\u2019s army. Michael is a chief prince or angel in Dan. 1o:13; 12:1. Later we read of four, six, or seven special angels. . . . Jude 9 identifies Michael as an archangel. [my italics]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thayer\u2019s Greek Lexicon<\/em><\/a> likewise affirms:<\/p>\n

Chief of the angels (Hebrew \u05e9\u05b7\u05c2\u05e8<\/span>\u00a0chief, prince,\u00a0Daniel 10:20;\u00a0Daniel 12:1), or one of the princes and leaders of the angels (\u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d0\u05e9\u05b9\u05c1\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/span>\u00a0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05b8\u05bc\u05c2\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/span>,\u00a0Daniel 10:13):\u00a01 Thessalonians 4:16;\u00a0Jude 1:9. For the Jews after the exile distinguished several orders of angels, and some (as the author of the Book of Enoch, 9:1ff; . . .) reckoned four angels (answering to the four sides of the throne of God) of the highest rank; but others, and apparently the majority (Tobit 12:15, . . .\u00a0Revelation 8:2), reckoned seven.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

HELPS Word-studies<\/em><\/a> concurs:<\/div>\n
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. . . <\/i>an angel of the highest rank (see Dan 10:13, 12:1; see also Lk 1:19; Rev 8:2, 12:7); \u201ca ruler of angels, a superior angel, an archangel\u201d (Souter).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia<\/em>, \u201cArchangel\u201d<\/a> opines:<\/p>\n

(<\/i>\u1f00\u03c1\u03c7\u03ac\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2, chief angel,\u00a0<\/i>1Th 4:16;\u00a0Jude 1:9). Those angels are so styled who occupy the highest rank<\/em> in the celestial order or hierarchy, which consists, according to the apostles, of \u201cthrones, dominions, principalities, and powers\u201d (Eph 1:21;\u00a0Col 1:16;\u00a01Pe 3:22). Of these there are said to be seven, who stand immediately before the throne of God (Lu 1:19;\u00a0Re 8:2), who have authority over other angels<\/em>, and are the patrons of particular nations (Re 12:7;\u00a0Da 10:18). In\u00a0Mt 26:53;\u00a02Th 1:7, hosts of angels<\/em> are spoken of in the same manner as human armies. These the Almighty is said to employ in executing his commands, or in displaying his dignity and majesty, in the manner of human princes. These armies of angels<\/em> are also represented as divided into orders and classes, having each its leader, and all these are subject to one chief, or: archangel. The names of two only are found in the Scripture \u2014 Michael, the patron of the Jewish nation (Da 10:13,21;\u00a0Da 12:1;\u00a0Jude 1:9;\u00a0Re 12:7); and Gabriel (Da 8:16;\u00a0Da 9:21;\u00a0Lu 1:19,26). The apocryphal book of Tobit (3:17; 5:4) mentions one, Raphael; and 2 Esdras (4:34) another, Uriel; while the book of Enoch names the whole seven (20:1-7). [my italics starting in the second sentence]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Baker\u2019s Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology<\/em>, \u201cAngel\u201d<\/a>:<\/div>\n
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. . . appearing only in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 to describe an otherwise unnamed executive angel<\/em>, and also in Jude 9, which refers to \u201cMichael the archangel.\u201d [my italics]<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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