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Date Posted:Sun, Nov 02 2003, 11:48:02 In reply to:
Penny
's message, "Angels" on Sat, Nov 01 2003, 19:54:23
The concept of an ascending hierarchy of different orders (or choirs) of angels is common to all traditions of angelology. There is a variety of versions regarding the names and the number of choirs. The best-known Christian version was devised in the sixth century by Dionsyius the Pseudo-Areopagite, a Syrian monk, who claborated this system in his work, The Celestial Hierachies. This became established in mainstream Western culture as the classic work on the subject, and was adopted in the epic angel sagas of Dante and Milton. This system consists of nine choirs grouped in three triads.
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