Angelic Overview Essay Research Paper ANGELIC OVERVIEW

Angelic Overview Essay, Research Paper

ANGELIC OVERVIEW: “Angels are spirits,” proclaimed St.

Augustine!

St. Thomas Aquinas believed that angels were pure

spirit, having no matter or mass, and taking up no space; but Thomas

believed angels could assume bodies at will. The purpose of angels

is the same as mankind: to love and serve the Lord. However, being

that angels are not material beings, and possibly from a different

dimension, they can serve the Lord in many different ways. Angels

have far greater will and intellect than we have. Whereas mankind

must sift through and experiment with natural laws, angels can grasp

all natural laws with a single thought. Eventually we find that

angels cannot work miracles per se, but they can perform many

special effects that appear miraculous, such as protecting Daniel

from the lions in Daniel 6. When angels appear to man, they usually

appear with wings, but the wings are not the method of loco- motion.

The angels seem to slip in and out of the fourth dimension; thus

travel is more or less instantaneous. If you have access to a

Catholic Bible (it MUST be Catholic), check out Daniel ch. 14, to

read how the prophet Habakkuk was instantly carried, via angel, from

Judea to Babylon, a distance of 600 miles.

The primary general duty of angels is as messengers of God. (The

word “angel” means messenger in Greek.) But angels can do God’s

chores, such as busting Peter out of jail in Acts 5, or destroying

Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19. But some angels obey only the

devil, and those angels are known as “demons”, as is Satan himself.

Satan had been an angel, but decided to do his own thing. Angels

can see all aspects of a situation instantly, since they are so very

wise.

Angels, and the dimensions they live in, were apparently created

before our visible world and universe. (The Bible tells us in

Genesis ch.1-2 that mankind was created (or evolved) last.) The

number of angels are countless. One reason they are count- less is

that the Bible holds that each person who is or has lived, in the

universe, has a guardian angel (Matthew 18:10). Additionally, some

people who have died may have been transformed into lower angels.

Many people witness “small miracles”, and attribute them to God,

when, in fact, angels may likely author the event. Speaking of

miracles, some people believe that the reason more asteroids don’t

hit and damage planets is because each planet also has a guardian

angel. In this school of thought, we owe our very existence to

angels guiding our destiny.

There are MANY stories of loved ones appearing after they have

died, and helping the loved ones. Poss- ibly the loved one never

did appear; possibly the loved ones physical appearance was taken

over by an angel. The Bible tells us to respect strangers, as they

may actually be disguised angels, as in Genesis 19, Hebrews 13:2,

and Tobit chapters 4-12 (in Catholic Bibles). They also intercede

for us before God, such as was proposed in Job 33:23, and Psalms

80:1-2.

ANGELIC ORGANIZATION: There are three hierarchies of angels:

the Supreme Hierarchy, the Middle Hier- archy, and the Lower

Hierarchy. Within earch hierarchy, there are three choirs (or

ranks), of angels, making a total of nine choirs. The choirs within

the hierarchies differ because of angelic form, rather than matter

or quantity within the choir. The Supreme Hierarchy is always in

God’s inner circle, meditating on Him. The Middle Hiearchy keeps the

universe running according to God’s physical laws. The lower

hirarchy carries out particular tasks.

SUPREME HIERARCHY: The Seraphim (Singular, Seraph) is the first

choir of the Supreme hierarchy. The name means “the burning ones”,

or “ardor”. They sit at God’s throne, or a little above it, and

unceasingly sing praise to Him, and bear light and love to lessor

angels. The Seraphim are completely ruled by divine love, for there

is nothing more important than love according to 1 Corinthians

13:13. Isaiah 6:2 tells us the Seraphim have three sets of wings,

one set to cover the face out of reverence, one set to cover the

feet out of modesty and respect, and one set to fly with. (But as I

previously wrote, they don’t actually use their wings to fly.)

The Cherubim (singular, Cherub) is the second choir of the

Supreme Hierarchy. The Cherubim sit beside God’s throne, and act as

throne bearers, keeping unwanted entities away. (This is

illustrated in Catholic Bibles, in Ecclesiasticus ch.49.) They have

a great insight of God’s secrets, and the workings of the universe.

Exodus ch.25 also tell us that the Cherubim guard churches and

tombs. Ezekiel ch.10 tell us the Cherubim have four faces, four

wings, and four hands. Whereas the Seraphim are angels of love, the

Ch

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