Curious Christian

3 responses to “How many orders of angels were there?”

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   Steve Hayes

   2017-04-01

   I doubt that one can determine such a thing from one particular text.
   How much does it matter to us human beings?
   The ranks of angels is probably of more concern to angels than it is to us, and if you visit a country for the first time and see someone in a uniform, how well could you describe their rank?
   I’m reminded of the Tom Lehrer song, which said of the military training of a recruit that
   Its effects were so well rooted
   that the next day he saluted
   a Good Humor man, an usher, and a nun.
   And so, I imagine, most humans would react to the presence of angels of various ranks, even Ezekiel (Ezekial was Jerry Pournelle’s computer).

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   Matt

   2017-04-02

   Yes, I am of a similar view. There is too little said to say too much of anything with certainty. I’ve seen a number of attempts to expound on the orders of angels, that of Pseudo-Dionysius being only one of them. They all seem largely arbitrary, and so to my mind, largely suspect. It’s for that reason I consider the efforts of esoteric Christians largely futile in this regard. What I am drawing attention to above is that the language itself seems to be fluid so that’s even more cause to be cautious.

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   Steve Hayes

   2017-10-02

   Encore!

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