She also takes on a growing role of her own in the lives of the faithful, as the supreme intercessor between her son and those who worship him.
This is in line with his speculations on the unique character of Moses as the great intercessor as compared with other prophets (and also with Joshua as Moses' attendant).
He was the protector of the church who stood up for the preservation of unity and truth of the Christian faith and who fought not only as a warrior but also as an intercessor, as a second Moses during the battle against God's enemies, "holy and purely praying to God, sending his prayers up to him".
Christ as priest brought to an end the sacrificial system of the Old Testament by being both the priest and the victim, while he continues to function as intercessor with and for the church.
Also noteworthy is E's choice of the term prophet for Abraham and his characterization of a prophet as one who is an effective intercessor with God on behalf of others.
When Tobit and Sarah pray to God for deliverance, God sends the angel Raphael to act as intercessor.
Two statues from Thebes indicate that he was also an intercessor in Amon's temple and that he supervised the celebration of one of Amenhotep III's Heb-Sed festivals (a renewal rite celebrated by the pharaoh after the first 30 years of his reign and periodically thereafter).
The second root lies in the notion of sacred kingship, according to which the royal office is sacred and the king set apart from ordinary people is the intercessor with the supernatural world.
The promise is fulfilled in La divina commedia, which he composed many years later, expressing his exalted and spiritual love for Beatrice, who is his intercessor in the Inferno, his goal in traveling through Purgatorio, and his guide through Paradiso.
In some tribes Jesus is regarded as an Indian culture hero returned, as an intercessor with God, or as a guardian spirit who has turned to the Indians after being killed by the whites.
Each appeared as intercessor for a petitioner in documents of the other and also participated in councils of the other.
