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The Jewish angelic hierarchy is established in the Hebrew Bible, Talmud, Rabbinic literature, and traditional Jewish liturgy. They are categorized in different hierarchies proposed by various theologians. For example, Maimonides, in his Mishneh Torah or Yad ha-Chazakah: Yesodei ha-Torah, counts ten ranks of angels. Rank. Angelic Class. Notes. 1.
The idea of angels that guard over people played a major role in Ancient Judaism. In Christianity, the hierarchy of angels was extensively developed in the 5th century by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. The theology of angels and tutelary spirits has undergone many changes since the 5th century.
The Intelligence Angels of all kinds, Guardian Angel of Saturn. Ananiel. Christianity. Watcher. Storm of God, Angel of water, guard of the gates of the South Wind [1] Anush. Mandaeism. Uthra. Teacher of John the Baptist, miracle worker in Jerusalem.
Traditionally, seven Angels were considered to be of special significance, who stand before the Throne of God. [3] Within the hierarchy of the angels, at the highest level, St. Michael is a princely seraph, [4] an angel of supreme power and the leader of God's army. Christian art often portrays archangels together.
Guido Reni's Archangel Michael Trampling Lucifer, 1636. Archangels (/ ˌ ɑːr k ˈ eɪ n dʒ əl s /) are the second-lowest rank of angel in the Christian hierarchy of angels, put forward by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the 5th or 6th century in his book De Coelesti Hierarchia (On the Celestial Hierarchy).
The great chain of being is a hierarchical structure of all matter and life, thought by medieval Christianity to have been decreed by God. The chain begins with God and descends through angels, humans, animals and plants to minerals. [1][2][3] The great chain of being (from Latin scala naturae 'ladder of being') is a concept derived from Plato ...
(Tobit 12,15) The other two angels mentioned by name in the Bibles used by Catholics and Protestants are the archangel Michael and the angel Gabriel; Uriel is named in 2 Esdras (4:1 and 5:20) and Jerahmeel is named in 2 Esdras 4:36, a book that is regarded as canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the Georgian and Russian Orthodox Churches ...
Heaven in Christianity. In Christianity, heaven is traditionally the location of the throne of God and the angels of God, [2][3] and in most forms of Christianity it is the abode of the righteous dead in the afterlife. In some Christian denominations it is understood as a temporary stage before the resurrection of the dead and the saints ...