Talk: Hierarchy of angels
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I have merged the angelic choir page into this one, since it seemed to repeat most of the information. However there seem to be several inconsistencies: the number of Choirs is said to be nine, but with Rulers and Authorities there seem to be eleven of them. Also the other page said that each Hierarchy was divided into three Choirs, while this page puts 7 Choirs in the second Hierarchy and only 1 in the Third. Jorge Stolfi 13:08, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)
| First Sphere | |
| Seraphim & Cherubim Archangels |
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| Second Sphere | |
| Dominions | |
| Powers Rulers |
Thrones Principalities |
| Third Sphere (messengers) |
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It seems that Pseudo-Dionysius proposed a 3x3 scheme, while later theologians proposed alternatives with more orders, archangels in a different level, etc. I have temporarily deleted the table at right because it reflected only one of these classifications. If you decide to put it back, please create a similar table for the 3x3 classification too. Jorge Stolfi 14:19, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I have tried ot consolidate in this page all information on this subject that was scattered (mostly duplicated) in other pages, including in demonic hierarchy, in Angel (twice!), in angelic choir, and another 4-5 single-sentence pages such as power (angel) etc.. Someone should clean up the redirects.Jorge Stolfi 14:42, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Yikes! This page needs major work. The linked resources do not appear in any way authoritative; they make no mention of their own sources for the most part. Can we cite any source for the non-Pseudo-Dionysian version of the hierarchy? Unless we can provide historical sources for these, we might as well just make things up. The point of this page, presumably, is to provide information about the angelic hierarchy as elaborated by mediaeval and Renaissance thinkers, not Joe Random who set up a Web site... —Tkinias 12:56, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Zoroastrianism
A mention of Zoroastrianism is in order here, even if only to deny that such elaborations, so utterly unlike anything outside apocalyptic literature, are Persian in inspiration.Wetman 17:14, 23 May 2004 (UTC)
