# Angel — Verses on Various Occasions character guide > Angel in Verses on Various Occasions by John Henry Newman. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Soul, Angel All hail, Soul Dear Angel, It, Thou, thy **First appearance:** 0033-xxxi-angelic-guidance ## Who they are A circling minister of heaven who watches over chosen souls, buffeting them in kindness and moulding them for a promised healing Fruit. ## Relationships ### [Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/characters/christ) _professional_ Angel and Christ share a celestial hierarchy, with Angel serving as a messenger or attendant to Christ. ### [Lo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/characters/lo) _psychological_ Angel and Lo share a poetic or exclamatory dynamic, possibly addressing each other in verse. ### [Lord](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/characters/lord) _professional_ Angel serves Lord as a celestial attendant or messenger in a divine court. ### [Lord](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/characters/lord) _professional_ Angel serves Lord as a celestial attendant or messenger in a divine court. ### [Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/characters/christ) _professional_ Angel and Christ share a celestial hierarchy, with Angel serving as a messenger or attendant to Christ. ### [Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/characters/christ) _professional_ Angel and Christ share a celestial hierarchy, with Angel serving as a messenger or attendant to Christ. ### [Lord](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/characters/lord) _professional_ Angel serves Lord as a celestial attendant or messenger in a divine court. ### [Lo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/characters/lo) _psychological_ Angel and Lo share a poetic or exclamatory dynamic, possibly addressing each other in verse. ## In the story ### [XXX: The Scars of Sin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/xxx-the-scars-of-sin) The good Angel who once shrank from the speaker's ill thoughts and now scarcely dares to gaze upon the speaker's scars. ### [XXXI: Angelic Guidance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/xxxi-angelic-guidance) The unearthly Friend whose tracks and vesture-skirts of light are contemplated as a source of guidance. ### [LIX: Judgment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/lix-judgment) Mentioned as the bearer of a scourge that is considered gain, contrasting with human and satanic wrath. ### [Dreams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/lxxiii-dreams) Mentioned as grieving over the penitent's anger, representing a holy perspective. ### [Sympathy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/lxxviii-sympathy) Referred to as 'elder Spirits strong' who have lived among humanity since the beginning and possess mighty ken. ### [St. Gregory Nazianzen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/lxxxvii-st-gregory-nazianzen) Addressed as 'bright Angel of the East,' symbolizing Gregory's role in raising the Cross divine through his eloquent preaching. ### [CLVIII: Ethelwald](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/clviii-ethelwald) The angel whose tones Ethelwald heard, and who stood near to proclaim his gifts. ### [Guardian Angel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/clxvii-guardian-angel) The guardian angel, addressed as the speaker's oldest and faithful friend, who has been present from birth, through sin and suffering, and will remain until death and beyond. ### [The Dream of Gerontius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/clxxviii-the-dream-of-gerontius) The guardian angel who guides Gerontius's soul after death, leads it through judgment, and entrusts it to the Angels of Purgatory with a promise of future reunion. ### [§ 2](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/2) The Guardian Angel who has watched over Gerontius from birth, now brings him home, singing of the completed task and the soul's salvation. ### [§ 3](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/3) The guardian spirit who explains the nature of time and the soul's state after death. ### [§ 4](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/4) Guides the Soul, explaining its new mode of perception and the nature of purgatory. ### [§ 5](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/5) Guides the soul through the ascent, explaining the nature of purgatorial pain and the vision of the Judge. ### [§ 6](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/6) Announces judgment and describes the soul's journey into God's presence; identifies the great Angel of the Agony who strengthened Christ. ### [§ 7](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/7) The angel speaks, commanding the gates of Purgatory to open and receiving the soul. ### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/endnotes) The Guardian Angel who guides Gerontius's soul after death; the endnotes reference the angel's song and the teaching that each soul is given a Guardian Angel at birth. ## 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