In the angelology of different religions, a hierarchy of angels is a ranking system of angels. The higher ranking angels have greater power and authority...
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Evagrius Ponticus spoke of the concept of angelic companions and angels as models for behavior. Augustine of Hippo remarks, the angels were experiencing something...
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Fallen angel Guardian angel Gustav Davidson – author of A Dictionary of Angels Heavenly host Hierarchy of angels Ishim List of angels in fiction List of theological...
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beings, mal’akim occupy the sixth rank of ten in Maimonides' Jewish angelic hierarchy. Numbers Rabbah names four angels who would later be known as archangels...
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Archdemon Archangel Christian demonology Exorcism Hierarchy of angels List of theological demons Watcher (angel) In Michaëlis's classification, many demons'...
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Archangel (redirect from Arch-angel)
(malakhey Elohim; Angels of God), The Hebrew word for angel is "malakh", which means messenger, for the angels מלאכי יי (malakhey Adonai; Angels of the Lord)...
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Encyclopedia of Angels. New York, New York: Facts on File, Incorporated. Davidson, Gustav. (1967). A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels. p. 97....
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expression in early modern Neoplatonism. The chain of being hierarchy has God at the top, above angels, which like him are entirely spirit, without material...
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Ophanim (category Classes of angels)
Maimonides lists Ophanim as the second to closest of angels to God in his exposition of the Jewish angelic hierarchy. The kedusha section in the morning prayer...
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Legends of the Jews 5:23, n. 64; 5:417, n. 117. Guiley, Rosemary Ellen (1996). Encyclopedia of Angels. ISBN 0-8160-2988-1, p.37 Bunson, Matthew. Angels A to...
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the divine. Abrahamic religions describe angelic hierarchies, which vary by religion and sect. Some angels have specific names (such as Gabriel or Michael)...
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Fallen angels are angels who were expelled from Heaven. The literal term "fallen angel" does not appear in any Abrahamic religious texts, but is used...
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theology Davidson, Gustav (1967), A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels, p. 199, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-19757 Barrett...
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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite Hierarchy of angels, systems of classifying and ranking angels Angels in Judaism Angels in Christianity Angels in Islam This disambiguation...
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De Coelesti Hierarchia (redirect from Celestial Hierarchy (Pseudo-Dionysius))
the hierarchies of angels. Thomas Aquinas (Summa Theologica, I.108) follows the Hierarchia (6.7) in dividing the angels into three hierarchies each of which...
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the fallen angels." The longer recension of 2 Enoch 18:3 identifies the prisoners of second heaven as the angels of Satanail. The story of the Watchers...
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Seraph (category Classes of angels)
Christian angelology and in the fifth rank of ten in the Jewish angelic hierarchy. A seminal passage in the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 6:1–8) used the term to...
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This is a list of films where angels appear: The Christmas Angel (1904) Gabriel Over the White House (1933) Liliom (1934) The Passing of the Third Floor...
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antiquity. The idea of angels that guard over people played a major role in Ancient Judaism. In Christianity, the hierarchy of angels was extensively developed...
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conversation of Dee with Barnabas Saul. In Thomas Heywood, Hierarchy of the Blessed Angels (1635) Ariel is called both a prince who rules the waters and...
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Uriel (redirect from Uriel (angel))
statuary of the archangels Gabriel, Uriel, Michael and Raphael. In Thomas Heywood's Hierarchy of Blessed Angels (1635), Uriel is described as an angel of the...
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Gehenna, there he becomes its ruler and three angels of destruction are appointed to him. He and his fellow angels torment the sinners every day in the week...
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Cherub (category Classes of angels)
refers to the highest angels near God, in contrast to the messenger angels. They include the Bearers of the Throne, the angels around the throne, and...
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the fourth angel who stands before God in the Book of Enoch (ca. 300 BC), after the angels Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel. Other spellings of Phanuel (Hebrew:...
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feminine given name, derived from the word seraph, a high-ranking angel in the hierarchy of angels, and may refer to: Saint Serafina (1238–1253), a thirteenth...
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Samael (redirect from Venom of God)
Angels. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 255. ISBN 9780029070505. OCLC 876894462. Bamberger, Bernard Jacob (15 March 2006). Fallen Angels: Soldiers of Satan's...
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you are called men [ishim] like the attending angels." This reflects several Biblical references to angels in human guise (according to Rabbinic tradition)...
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virtuous beings, angels are not necessarily bringers of good news, as per Islamic tradition, angels can perform grim and violent tasks. Angels are conceptualized...
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mortal to and from Heaven by the angels Raguel and Sariel. Angel of Justice List of angels in theology Sariel "Theology: ANGELS". dgmedhanealem.org. Retrieved...
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Michael (archangel) (redirect from Michael (Angel))
Michael over all the angels. He was called "Archangel" because he heralds other angels, the title Ἀρχαγγέλος (archangelos) being used of him in Jude 1:9....
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