Throne (angel)
In Christian angelology, thrones (Template:Langx, pl. θρόνοι; Template:Langx, pl. throni; Template:Langx) are a class of angels. This is based on an interpretation of Script error: No such module "Bibleverse"..[1] According to 1 Peter 3:21–22, Christ had gone to Heaven and "angels and authorities and powers" had been made subject to him.[2]
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in his work De Coelesti Hierarchia includes the thrones as the third highest of nine levels of angels.[3]
According to the Second Book of Enoch, thrones are seen by Enoch in the Seventh Heaven.[4]
Christian angelology
According to Matthew Bunson, the corresponding order of angels in Judaism is called the abalim, aralim or erelim,[5] but this opinion is far from universal. The Hebrew word erelim is usually not translated "thrones", but rather "valiant ones", "heroes", or "warriors".Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The function ascribed to erelim in Script error: No such module "Bibleverse". and in Jewish folklore[6] is not consistent with the lore surrounding the thrones.
Thrones are sometimes equated with ophanim since the throne of God is usually depicted as being moved by wheels, as in the vision of Script error: No such module "Bibleverse". (Old Testament). Rosemary Ellen Guiley (1996: p. 37) states that:
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Notes
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- ↑ "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him".
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- ↑ Rutherford H. Platt, Jr. (1926). The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden. Entry: The Book of the Secrets of Enoch, chapter XX.
- ↑ Bunson, Matthew. Angels A to Z. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1996. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Louis Ginzberg: Legends of the Jews 5:23, n. 64; 5:417, n. 117.
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References
- Bunson, Matthew. Angels A to Z. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1996. Template:ISBN.
- Gulley, Rosemary Ellen (1996). Encyclopedia of Angels. Template:ISBN.
External links
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