(or ), a Latin sentence meaning "Who [is] like God?", is a literal translation of the name Michael (, transliterated Micha'el or Mîkhā'ēl).
The sentence is particularly associated with Archangel Michael.John Elven, 1854, The book of family crests Henry Washbourne Publisher, page 112Ann Ball, 2003 Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices page 520 In art, St. Michael is often represented as an angelic warrior, fully armed with helmet, sword, and shield, as he overcomes Satan, sometimes represented as a dragon and sometimes as a man-like figure. The shield at times bears the inscription: , the translation of the archangel's name, but capable also of being seen as his rhetorical and scornful question to Satan.Studies in Revelation by Hampton J. Keathley, 3rd, J. Hampton Keathley III 1997 Biblical Studies Press page 209
The Scapular of St. Michael the Archangel also bears this phrase.John F. Sullivan, 2009 The Externals of the Catholic Church page 202
See also
El (deity) Song of the Sea Michaelion Michaelmas Novena to Saint Michael Prayer to Saint Michael Saint Michael in the Catholic Church
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