The World Of Angels

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The world of Angels

What are angels? When were they created? How many are they; What are their characteristics? What is their presence in our lives? How does the Church honor them?

These and other questions are answered in this book, always based on the Holy Bible and the sacred Tradition of the Orthodox Church.

CONTENTS

PREFACE 9
A. THE ANGELS AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE 11
Testimonies of the Holy Bible and the sanctuary
Tradition about the existence of angels 12
The creation of angels 15
Knowledge of angels 20
Spiritual, incorporeal and immortal 20
Trembling, but now immovable in evil 24
Their power and knowledge 29
Number and hierarchy 33
Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael 44
Archangel Michael 45
Archangel Gabriel 47
Archangel Raphael 49
B. THE WORK OF ANGELS 51
The doxology of the angels 51
The ministry of angels 55
Angels and visible creation 56
The holy angels in Israel and the rest of the nations 58
Angels in the economy in Christ 61
Angels as messengers and helpers of men 65
The guardian angel of the faithful 72
Other guardian angels 79
The angels in the temples and in the local Churches 83
Angels in Sequences 88
Angels and spiritual life of believers 93
Punishing angels 96
The angels at the death of man 98
The angels at the Second Coming of the Lord 110
Holy angels and Divine Liturgy 114
The presence of angels inside the holy temple during the Divine Liturgy 114
The perpetual heavenly Divine Liturgy 120
C. THE HONOR OF ANGELS 128
Feasts in their honor (the main ones) 129
Sacred images in honor of 131
Sacred monasteries and temples in honor of 132
D. THE HOLY ANGELS AND WE 136
“I want to see angels” 139
INSTEAD OF CHOICE 145
BIBLIOGRAPHY 147