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Angels: passages & interpretations
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Angels
Genesis 19 calls its two visitors angels and also refers to them as men, while Hebrews 13:2 describes hospitality to angels without recognizing them.
Read the guide Isaiah 602Seraphim
Seraphim are the beings Isaiah sees above the enthroned Lord in Isaiah 6; each has six wings, with two covering the face, two covering the feet and two used for flight.
Read the guide Ezekiel’s wheels03Ophanim
Ophanim means “wheels,” and Ezekiel’s vision describes wheels beside the living creatures, with the appearance of a wheel within a wheel and eyes covering their high rims.
Read the guide Term & interpretation04Throne Angels
Throne angels, usually called Thrones, are a named order in Pseudo-Dionysius’s Celestial Hierarchy, grouped with cherubim and seraphim in its first hierarchy.
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