The celestial hierarchy: (De Coelesti Hierarchia) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781489557179)

De Coelesti Hierarchia is a Pseudo-Dionysian work on angelology, written in Greek and dated to ca. the 5th century CE; it exerted great influence on scholasticism and treats at great length the hierarchies of angels. The work has also been very influential in the development of Orthodox Christian theology. Thomas Aquinas (Summa Theologica, I.108) follows the Hierarchia (6.7) in dividing the angels into three hierarchies each of which contains three orders, based on their proximity to God, corresponding to the nine orders of angels recognized by Pope St Gregory I. 1. Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones; 2. Dominations, Virtues, and Powers; 3. Principalities, Archangels, and Angels.

Author: Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
ISBN-10: 1489557172
ISBN-13: 9781489557179
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/25/2013
Pages: 88
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.21d