What are the 7 ranks of angels?

Christianity Highest orders Seraphim Cherubim Thrones. Middle orders Dominions Virtues Powers. Lowest orders Principalities Archangels Angels.

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Belief that angels are ordered according to rank

Orthodox icon of nine orders of angels.

The ceiling mosaic of the Baptistery in Florence depicts (in the inmost octagon of images) seven of the orders of angelic beings (all but the Seraphim and Cherubim), under which are their Latin designations. In the angelology of different religions, a hierarchy of angels is a ranking system of angels. Higher ranks have more power or authority over lower ranks, and with different ranks having differences in appearance, such as varying numbers of wings or faces.

Abrahamic religions [ edit ]

Judaism [ edit ]

The Jewish angelic hierarchy is established in the Hebrew Bible, Talmud, Rabbinic literature, and traditional Jewish liturgy. They are categorized in different hierarchies proposed by various theologians. For example, Maimonides, in his Mishneh Torah or Yad ha-Chazakah: Yesodei ha-Torah, counts ten ranks of angels.

Christianity [ edit ]

The most influential Christian angelic hierarchy was that put forward by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the 5th or 6th century in his book De Coelesti Hierarchia (On the Celestial Hierarchy). Dionysius described nine levels of spiritual beings which he grouped into three orders:[1][2][3]

Highest orders Seraphim Cherubim Thrones

Middle orders Dominions Virtues Powers

Lowest orders Principalities Archangels Angels

During the Middle Ages, various schemes were proposed, some drawing on and expanding on Pseudo-Dionysius, others suggesting completely different classifications. Pseudo-Dionysius (On the Celestial Hierarchy) and 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.

Islam [ edit ]

There is no standard hierarchical organization in Islam that parallels the Christian division into different "choirs" or spheres, and the topic is not directly addressed in the Quran. However, it is clear that there is a set order or hierarchy that exists between angels, defined by the assigned jobs and various tasks to which angels are commanded by God. Some scholars suggest that Islamic angels can be grouped into fourteen categories, with some of the higher orders being considered archangels. Qazwini describes an angelic hierarchy in his Aja'ib al-makhluqat with Ruh on the head of all angels, surrounded by the four archangelic cherubim. Below them are the seven angels of the seven heavens.[4]

Zoroastrian [ edit ]

There is an informal Zoroastrian angelic hierarchy, with the specific angelic beings called yazatas having key positions in the day-name dedications on the Zoroastrian calendar segregated into the ameshaspentas (the second to seventh of the 30 days of the month), yazatas and minoos (the last six of the 30 days of the month).

Role-playing games [ edit ]

Angels are occasionally presented in role-playing games as having ordered hierarchies, within which higher level angels have more power and the ability to cast more spells or exercise other magical abilities. For example, Angels in Dungeons & Dragons, a subgroup of the beings called Celestials, come in three different types, the progressively more powerful Astral Deva, Planetar, and Solar.[5][6] Another game which has summonable angels is Shin Megami Tensei, often classified under Divine, or Heralds. In the game series Bayonetta angels are enemies and all 3 spheres are present, each divided in the same 3 orders as the traditional hierarchy.

Can a weapon be a holy symbol?

Yes. A holy symbol is given no hard definition in its description, but PHB151 makes a few suggestions and refers the reader to Appendix B for the holy symbols of common gods. Some of these gods (Ares and Tyr are two) have their listed holy symbol as a weapon.

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A holy symbol is given no hard definition in its description, but PHB151 makes a few suggestions and refers the reader to Appendix B for the holy symbols of common gods. Some of these gods (Ares and Tyr are two) have their listed holy symbol as a weapon. Be warned that your GM may decide to disallow a cleric of Thor to use a warhammer as their holy symbol. If it's not in the book, the GM can veto it, and your GM may decide that the warhammer is not Thor's holy symbol, but rather his favored weapon, a separate concept from older editions of D&D that gave clerics special privileges for using his deity's favored weapon, but has been removed (minus a vestige or two) from 5e. Be also warned that your GM may be using a setting where Thor is unknown or nonexistent, and when you're playing a holy man you should always work closely with your GM to straighten out which deities are being used and the dogma of their followers.

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What are the 7 ranks of angels?

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What part of the brain dies first without oxygen?