Aggaeus of Malachi
[[File:DemoniaqueFerri.jpg|thumb|" The demonic man cured in the synagogue" by Lorenzo Ferri, as indicated by Maria Valtorta. Excerpt from "Valtorta and Ferri"]
Son of Malachi. This is the possessed guéri by Jesus in the synagogue of Capernaum. There, Jesus says to a man who contradicts him and doubts that he is the Messiah:"Another will speak, who does not love me and will say who I am. Wait until I call one of those present."Jesus looks at the crowd (...). He looks, searching for someone with his sapphire eyes, then cries aloud, "Haggai, go forward, I command you."
Loud noise in the crowd, which opens to let through a man agitated by a tremor and supported by a woman.
"Do you know this man?" "Yes, it's Haggai of Malachi, from here, from Capernaum. He is possessed of an evil spirit that causes him to go into fits of sudden, furious madness."
"Does everyone know him?" The crowd shouts, "Yes, yes."
"Can anyone say that he spoke to me even for a few minutes!"
The crowd shouts, "No, no, he's like dazed and never leaves his house and no one has ever seen you there."
"Woman, bring him to Me." The woman pushes and drags him while the poor man trembles harder. The synagogue leader warns Jesus: "Beware! The demon will torment him ... and then he gets excited, claws and bites." The crowd pushes back against the walls. The two are now facing each other.
A moment of resistance. It seems that the man accustomed to silence hesitates to speak and groans. Then the voice speaks: "What is there between us and You Jesus of Nazareth? Why have you come to torment us? To exterminate us, You, the Master of Heaven and the Earth? I know who You are: the Holy of God. No one, in the chair, was greater than You because in your flesh of man, is enclosed the Spirit of the Overcomer Eternal. Already you have overcome me in..."[1]-[2]
"Be silent, come out of him, I command you."
"The man is seized with a strange agitation. He jerks about as if someone were pushing and shaking him, mistreating him. He screams in an inhuman voice and then is slammed to the ground, from which he then rises, astonished and healing."[3]
Apostolic journey
Despite his healing, Haggai will not follow Jesus.[4]
His name
Aggaeus means "feasting". It is the name of a prophet of the return from Babylonian exile.
Where is he mentioned in the work?
EMV 59
EMV 447