Nine Choirs of Angels

Cindy Smith cms at dragon.com
Thu Apr 20 23:52:32 EDT 2000



Ward,

  Saint Thomas of Aquino describes the Seraphim and Cherubim as being 
two of the nine choirs of angels described in the Bible.  

                          ORDERS OF THE ANGELS

1.  Seraphim        4.  Dominations        7.  Principalities
2.  Cherubim        5.  Virtues            8.  Archangels
3.  Thrones         6.  Powers             9.  Angels

Principality, Authority, Power, Dominion
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Ephesians 1:20, 21:  ...which he worked in Christ, raising him from 
the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens, far above 
every principality, authority, power, and dominion, and every name 
that is named not only in this age but also in the one to come.

Seraphim
________

Isaiah 6:2, 3:  Seraphim were stationed above; each of them had six 
wings:  with two they veiled their faces, with two they veiled their 
feet, and with two they hovered aloft.

Cherubim
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Ezekiel 10:15,4,20:  Such were the living creatures I saw by the river 
Chebar....I saw there the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision 
I had seen in the plain.  The cherubim were stationed to the right of 
the temple; these were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God 
of Israel by the river Chebar, whom I now recognized to be 
cherubim....etc.

Thrones, Dominions, Principalities, Powers
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Colossians 1:16:  For in him were created all things in heaven and on 
earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or 
principalities or powers; all things were created through him and for 
him.

NOTE:  Saint Thomas calls these:  Dominations, Virtues, Powers, 
Principalities, in the Summa Theologica.




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Cindy Smith				   Spawn of a Jewish Carpenter
GO AGAINST THE FLOW! \\ _\\\_     _///_ // A Real Live Catholic in Georgia
cms at dragon.com       >IXOYE=('> <`)=  _<<  "Delay not your conversion  
cms at romancatholic.org//  ///       \\\  \\   to the LORD, Put it not off 
cms at 5sc.net				     from day to day" Ecclus/Sira 5:8



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