Английская Википедия:Hierarchy of angels
In the angelology of different religions, a hierarchy of angels is a ranking system of angels. The higher ranking angels have greater power and authority than lower ones, and different ranks have differences in appearance, such as varying numbers of wings or faces.
Abrahamic religions
Judaism
Шаблон:Main 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.
| Rank | Angelic Class | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chayot Ha Kodesh | See Шаблон:Bibleref2 and Шаблон:Bibleref2 |
| 2 | Ophanim | See Шаблон:Bibleref2 and Шаблон:Bibleref2 |
| 3 | Erelim | See Шаблон:Bibleverse |
| 4 | Hashmallim | See Шаблон:Bibleverse |
| 5 | Seraphim | See Шаблон:Bibleverse |
| 6 | Malakim | Messengers, angels |
| 7 | Elohim | "Godly beings" |
| 8 | Bene Elohim | "Sons of God" |
| 9 | Cherubim | See Hagigah 13b |
| 10 | Ishim | "manlike beings", see Шаблон:Bibleverse Шаблон:Bibleverse |
Christianity
Шаблон:Main The most influential Catholic 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
- Middle orders
- Lowest orders
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 Saint Thomas Aquinas (Summa Theologiae) drew on passages from the New Testament, specifically Ephesians Шаблон:Bibleverse-nb and Colossians 1:16, to develop a schema of three Hierarchies, Spheres or Triads of angels, with each Hierarchy containing three Orders or Choirs. Saint Bonaventure summarized their nine offices as follows: announcing, declaring, and leading; regulating, enforcing, and commanding; receiving, revealing, and anointing.[4] Thomas agreed with St Jerome's commentary on Шаблон:Bibleverse that every living human possesses a guardian angel. Of the angelic orders, he asserted that only the first five are sent by God to manifest themselves in the corporeal world, while the four highest remain in Heaven at His presence.[5]
The Chaplet of Saint Michael the archangel, a Catholic devotion also called the rosary of the angels, approved by Pope Pius IX, includes prayers and specific invocations for each of the nine choirs of angels.[6][7]
Islam
Шаблон:Main 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.[8]
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (d. 1209) divided the angels into eight groups, which shows some resemblance to Christian angelology:[9]
- Hamalat al-'Arsh, those who carry the Шаблон:Transliteration (Throne of God),[10] comparable to the Christian Seraphim.
- Muqarrabun (Cherubim), who surround the throne of God, constantly praising God (tasbīḥ)
- Archangels, such as Jibrāʾīl, Mīkhā'īl, Isrāfīl, and 'Azrā'īl
- Angels of Heaven, such as Riḍwan.
- Angels of Hell, Mālik and Zabānīya
- Guardian angels, who are assigned to individuals to protect them
- The angels who record the actions of people
- Angels entrusted with the affairs of the world, like the angel of thunder.
Zoroastrian
There is an informal Zoroastrian angelic hierarchy, with the specific angelic beings called Шаблон:Transliteration having key positions in the day-name dedications on the Zoroastrian calendar segregated into the Шаблон:Transliteration (the second to seventh of the 30 days of the month), Шаблон:Transliteration and Шаблон:Transliteration (the last six of the 30 days of the month).
Role-playing games
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.[11][12] Another game which has summonable angels is Shin Megami Tensei, often classified under Divine, or Heralds. In the game series Bayonetta Black Angels are supporting and all 7 spheres are present, each divided in the same 7 way as the traditional hierarchy.
See also
- Christian demonology
- De Coelesti Hierarchia
- List of angels in theology
- Living creatures (Bible)
- Luminary (Gnosticism)
References
Шаблон:Angels in Abrahamic Religions
Шаблон:Christian angelic hierarchy
Шаблон:Authority control
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
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- ↑ Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, De Eccles. Hierarchy., chapter 4, section 20. As quoted in Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Ann Ball, 2003 Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices Шаблон:ISBN page 123
- ↑ Chaplet of Saint Michael the Archangel in Latin and English, Geoffrey W. M. P. Lopes Da Silva, Domina Nostra Publishing, 2020.
- ↑ Mehdi Amin Razavi Aminrazavi, Seyyed Hossein Nasr The Islamic Intellectual Tradition in Persia Routledge, 16.12.2013 Шаблон:ISBN p.17
- ↑ Serdar, Murat. "Hıristiyanlık ve İslâm’da Meleklerin Varlık ve Kısımları." Bilimname 2009.2 (2009).
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite quran
- ↑ Jon Schindehette, Celestials, Angels, Devas: Dragon's-Eye View (January 9, 2013).
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, Warriors of Heaven (TSR, 1999).
