Sentence examples for orders of angels from inspiring English sources

The cherubim and seraphim, two superior orders of angels, are described as winged creatures that guard the throne of God.

Besides the archangels, there were also other orders of angels, the cherubim and seraphim, which have been noted earlier.

In Christianity the cherubim are ranked among the higher orders of angels and, as celestial attendants of God, continually praise him.

Various other numbers of the orders of angels have been given by early Christian writers: four, in The Sibylline Oracles (a supposedly Jewish work that shows much Christian influence); six, in the Shepherd of Hermas, a book accepted as canonical in some local early Christian churches; and seven, in the works of Clement of Alexandria and other major theologians.

Yazata, in Zoroastrianism, member of an order of angels created by Ahura Mazdā to help him maintain the flow of the world order and quell the forces of Ahriman and his demons.

The intelligences, just as the order of angels, form a special hierarchy.

According to Wikipedia, "possibly the first use of the English word "hierarchy" cited by the Oxford English Dictionary was in 1880 when it was used in reference to the three orders of three angels as depicted by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (5th-6th centuries).

The Order of Angels has its own hierarchy of "rose angels" and "white angels" which, as of 2003, are six and 160 women, respectively.

Remembering the order of the angels may be difficult for some, it was for me at start, here's the formula i used: 'ragma' (RGMA).

In the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius, God is depicted as revealing himself to the created order through hierarchies of angels and through the hierarchy of the church.

He appeared at the offices of a local telecoms firm and claims to have showed how "the Creator has given me the ability to speak in the tongue of angels in order to provide a wake-up call that will in time include the salvation of the entire world".