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  2. Hierarchy of angels - Wikipedia

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    Orthodox icon of nine orders of angels The ceiling mosaic of the Baptistery in Florence depicts (in the inmost octagon of images) seven of the orders of angelic beings (all but the Seraphim and Cherubim), under which are their Latin designations. In the angelology of different religions, a hierarchy of angels is a ranking system of angels. The ...

  3. List of angels in theology - Wikipedia

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    Cherub: Sabriel Judaism Archangel Miracles Sachiel: Christianity, Judaism Archangel, Cherub Wealth and Charity Sahaquiel: Judaism Archangel Guardian of the fourth heaven Sam Ziwa: Sam Mana Smira Mandaeism: Uthra: Samael: Satan (Judaism), sometimes identified with Azazel or Lucifer: Christianity, Judaism Archangel, Angel of Death, Fallen Angel

  4. Seven Archangels - Wikipedia

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    In Ismailism, there are seven cherubim, comparable to the Seven Archangels ordered to bow down before Qadar, of whom Iblis refuses. [34] In Yazidism, there are seven archangels, named Jabra'il, Mika'il, Rafa'il , Dadra'il, Azrail, Shamkil (Shemna'il), and Azazil, who are emanations from God entrusted with care of the creation. [35]

  5. Destroying angel (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    The destroying angel passes through Egypt. [1]In the Hebrew Bible, the destroying angel (Hebrew: מַלְאָך הַמַשְׁחִית, malʾāḵ hamašḥīṯ), also known as mashḥit (מַשְׁחִית mašḥīṯ, 'destroyer'; plural: מַשְׁחִיתִים, mašḥīṯīm, 'spoilers, ravagers'), is an entity sent out by God on several occasions to deal with numerous peoples.

  6. Ezekiel's cherub in Eden - Wikipedia

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    The cherub in Eden is a figure mentioned in Ezekiel 28:13–14.Many translations, including the New International Version, identify the cherub with the King of Tyre, specifically Ithobaal III (reigned 591–573 BC) who according to the list of kings of Tyre of Josephus was reigning contemporary with Ezekiel at the time of the first fall of Jerusalem.

  7. Fallen angel - Wikipedia

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    The Latin word lucifer, as introduced in the late 4th-century AD Vulgate, gave rise to the name for a fallen angel. [54] Christian tradition has associated Satan not only with the image of the fallen "morning star" in Isaiah 14:12, but also with the denouncing in Ezekiel 28:11–19 of the King of Tyre, who is spoken of as having been a "cherub".

  8. Lucifer - Wikipedia

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    The Fallen Angel (1847) by Alexandre Cabanel. The most common meaning for Lucifer in English is as a name for the Devil in Christian theology.He appeared in the King James Version of the Bible in Isaiah [1] and before that in the Vulgate (the late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible), [2] not as the name of a devil but as the Latin word lucifer (uncapitalized), [3] [4] meaning "the ...

  9. Angels in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    A cherub, as described by Ezekiel and according to traditional Christian iconography In the Book of Ezekiel , and in some Christian icons, the cherub is depicted as having two pairs of wings, and four faces: that of a lion (representative of all wild animals ), an ox ( domestic animals ), a human (humanity), and an eagle ( birds ). [ 33 ]