Angels of Sanctification
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The Angels of Sanctification are of a high-level order of angels. According to the book of Jubilees
Jubilees
The Book of Jubilees , sometimes called Lesser Genesis , is an ancient Jewish religious work, considered one of the pseudepigrapha by Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Churches...

, they were created on the first day, already circumcised, in order to observe the Sabbath with God
God
God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....

 in heaven and on earth. Jubilees says that the angels of sanctification are one of two high orders, along with the Angels of Presence. They are also sometimes equated with the angels of glory. Principal angels of sanctification are Phanuel
Phanuel
Phanuel was the father of Anna Phanuel is mentioned only once in Luke 2:36. He was from the Tribe of Asher and his name means "Face of God"....

, St. Michael, Metatron
Metatron
Metatron or Mattatron is the name of an angel in Judaism and some branches of Christian mythology. There are no references to him in the Jewish Tanakh or Christian Scriptures...

, Zagzagael, and Suriel.
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