The Angel of the Lord came down into the furnace together with Azariah and his fellows, and smote the flame of the fire out of the furnace, * and the fire touched them not at all, nor did it hurt them. ℣. Blessed be their God, Who sent His Angel, and delivered His servants that trusted in Him! And the fire... (The fifth responsory of Matins)
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| An illustration in a manuscript of The Mirror of Human Salvation (Speculum Humanae Salvationis), a popular theological and devotional work of the early 14th century; 1360, author unknown. In the upper part, the Church Triumphant, Suffering and Militant, and the damned in hell; in the lower, the three children in the furnace with the angel, from Daniel 3. (Public domain image from Wikimedia Commons.) |
