The Bible frequently mentions Angels, Archangels, Cherubim and Seraphim, and we …

The Bible frequently mentions Angels, Archangels, Cherubim and Seraphim, and we recall, at Christmas, even names some of the most important angels such as Gabriel, who carried Godโ€™s message to a virgin named Mary in a little town in Galilee called Nazareth. An angel counseled Joseph in a dream to flee with the Holy Family into Egypt, and in another dream when to come back again.

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:

‘๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ.’

๐•พ๐–Š๐–—๐–†๐–•๐–๐–Ž๐–’
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:

๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜œ๐˜ป๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฉ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ; ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜น ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด: ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ; ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ: ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ. ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ-๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ: ‘๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ! ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ.’

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด. ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ: ‘๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ

The Seraphim, meaning the โ€œburning 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 โ€œlight 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 Godโ€™s power for himself and rebelled, when he chose pride.

Luke 10: 18

๐˜๐˜ฆ (๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต) ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ, ‘๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ.’

๐•ฎ๐–๐–Š๐–—๐–š๐–‡๐–Ž๐–’
The cherubim angels protect Godโ€™s glory, and they also keep records of what happens in the universe. They are known for their wisdom.

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