The Bible frequently mentions Angels, Archangels, Cherubim and Seraphim, and we …
In the Divine Hierarchies, Dionysius arranges the choirs in great detail. The highest are the Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones, associated with the specific functions of love, knowledge, and power. In the middle are Dominations (or Dominions), Virtues, and Powers, associated with the universal governance of creation. And the lower hierarchy consists of Principalities, Archangels, and Angels, concerned with the direct administration of creatures in the world.
Pseudo-Dionysius (On the Celestial Hierarchy) and Saint Thomas Aquinas (Summa Theologiae) drew on passages from the New Testament, specifically Ephesians 1:21 and Colossians 1:16, to develop a schema of three Hierarchies, Spheres or Triads of angels, with each Hierarchy containing three Orders or Choirs. Saint Bonaventure summarized their nine offices as follows: announcing, declaring, and leading; regulating, enforcing, and commanding; receiving, revealing, and anointing.
In Matthew 18:10, Jesus said:
‘๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ.’
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These are the highest order or choir of angels. They are the angels who are attendants or guardians before God’s throne. They praise God, calling, “Holy Holy Holy is the Lord of Hosts”. The only Bible reference is Isaiah 6:1-7:
๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ป๐ป๐ช๐ข๐ฉ’๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ; ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐บ.
๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ช๐น ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด: ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ญ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ; ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ: ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ ๐ข๐ฉ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ-๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ: ‘๐๐ฐ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ! ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ ๐ข๐ฉ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ.’
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ด ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ข๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด. ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ: ‘๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ
The Seraphim, meaning the โburning onesโ are lit from within with brilliant light that manifests their passionate love for God. One of their most famous members, Lucifer (whose name means โlight bearerโ) was closest to God and known for his bright light, but fell from heaven and became a demon (Satan) when he decided to try to wrest Godโs power for himself and rebelled, when he chose pride.
Luke 10: 18
๐๐ฆ (๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต) ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ‘๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ.’
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The cherubim angels protect Godโs glory, and they also keep records of what happens in the universe. They are known for their wisdom.