The way to love someone
is to lightly run your finger over that person's soul
until you find a crack,
and then gently pour your love into that crack.
~Keith Miller

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Notes on angels as a means of organizing 
Not intended as a study of angels per se
From Dante's Paradiso (Gustave Doré)
Good Guys:
Gabriel                  Monday             Winter
Michael                 Sunday              Autumn
Oriphiel
Raphael                 Tuesday            Spring
Simiel
Uriel                      Wednesday        Summer
Zachariel


Sealtiel....Thursday
Jegudiel...Friday
Barachiel..Saturday
Sarathiel ...seraphim, head of eagle
Metatron....seraphim


Bad guys:
Asmodeus - Lust
Belphegor - Vanity and Sloth
Beelzebub (also Baal) - Gluttony
Leviathan - Envy
Lucifer - Pride
Mammon - Greed
Satan - Wrath

seraphim - the burning ones (like light, not fire), six wings
cheribim - four faces; man, ox, lion, eagle
Orphanin - thrones ... are closely connected with the Cherubim: "When they moved, the others moved; when they stopped, the others stopped; and when they rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures [Cherubim] was in the wheels." Ezekiel 10:17 NRSV.



Ephesians 6:12

 They are also the angels who preside over nations.
King James Version (KJV)
 They are also the angels who preside over nations.


 12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Dominions ... regulate the activities of "lower" angels ...  Also, they "preside" over nations.

The Dominions are believed to look like divinely beautiful humans with a pair of feathered wings, much like the common representation of angels, but they may be distinguished from other groups by wielding orbs of light fastened to the heads of their scepters or on the pommel of their swords

Eph. 1:21 KJV 
Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come. 
Eph. 3:10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,


Eph. 6:12  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.


Virtues ... supervise the movement of heavenly body to ensure order in the cosmos


Powers or Authorities ... bears of conscience and keepers of history ... distribute power among humankind.


Principles and Rulers (collaborate with P&A above) ... bequeath blessings, oversee groups of people, educators, guardians, said to inspire living things to many pursuits such as art  and science


Angels serve as messengers to mankind.
Cardinal Virtues ... 
For these four virtues (would that all felt their influence in their minds as they have their names in their mouths!), I should have no hesitation in defining them: that temperance is love giving itself entirely to that which is loved; fortitude is love readily bearing all things for the sake of the loved object; justice is love serving only the loved object, and therefore ruling rightly; prudence is love distinguishing with sagacity between what hinders it and what helps it. ~ St. Augustine 



  • Prudence - able to judge between actions with regard to appropriate actions at a given time
  • Justice - proper moderation between self-interest and the rights and needs of others
  • Restraint or Temperance - practicing self-control, abstention, and moderation
  • Courage or Fortitude - forbearance, endurance, and ability to confront fear and uncertainty, or intimidation
Prudence ... book scroll, mirror
Justice ... sword, balance and scales, crown
Restraint or Temperance ... wheel, bridle and rein, vegetables and fish, wine and water in two separate vessels
Courage or Fortitude ... amor, club, with a lion, palm, tower, yoke, broken column

in addition, the Theological virtues which are Faith, Hope, And Love (or Charity)

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Chastity, Temperance, Charity, Patience, Diligence, Kindness, Humility  (seven)


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