Commemoration of the Archangels and the Heavenly Powers
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This article is the transcription of a homily delivered by Father Jean Breck in Paris on November 8, 1998, on the occasion of the feast of the Archangel Michael and the Heavenly Powers. In the form of a homiletical meditation, the text addresses the theological tension between the definitive victory of Christ over evil and the effective persistence of demonic powers in human experience. Drawing on the Gospels, the Book of Revelation, and the patristic tradition, Breck affirms the objective reality of angels and demons, rejecting any mythological or symbolist reduction. The principal theological contribution lies in the articulation between angelology and soteriology: the angelic powers, as co-celebrants of the liturgy and intercessors, participate in the spiritual combat inaugurated by the Cross. The text also incorporates an opening toward dialogue between contemporary scientific cosmology and the Orthodox vision of the cosmos.
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