The Creation of the Spiritual World
- What is the spiritual world?
- Who are the angels?
- Why were they called angels?
- Is it necessary to know about the nature of heavenly beings, whether good or evil?
- Why does Scripture talk about the heavenly hosts?
- Are we each assigned a ‘guardian angel’?
- Do all Jewish sects believe in the existence of angels?
- How many angels are there?
- Are all angels good?
- When were angels created? And how were they created?
- Why was the Bible concluded with the book of Revelation, which frequently referred to the heavenly hosts?
- Is the nature of angels spiritual, incorporeal, and eternal?
- Do angels have free will?
Our Companionship with the Heavenly Hosts
- Do the heavenly hosts cease from praising God in order to pray for us and intercede on our behalf?
- Why do we celebrate feasts for the heavenly beings?
- What are the characteristics of heavenly beings?
- Do angels have a certain form?
- Are they rational beings that exist independently, even though they do not have a physical body?
- Why did God create angels?
- Why were angels created before humans?
- Can a human see angels?
- What is the food of Angels?
- Are angels subject to judgment?
- Do angels have a role in the life of the Church?
- Why do the angels rejoice when the faithful gather together?
The Order of the Heavenly Hosts
- Are there characteristics that are common to all the heavenly ranks?
- Can we distinguish between the heavenly ranks?
- What do we learn from the book, “The Celestial Hierarchy”?
- What do we know about the first rank, which includes the seraphim, the cherubim, and the thrones?
- What do we know about the seraphim?674
- What do we know about the cherubim?
- What does St. Jacob of Sarug say about the cherubim as the chariot of God?
- Why did God appoint a cherub to guard the way to Paradise?
- Why were two golden cherubim placed upon the Ark of the Covenant?
- Why did God grant the prophet Ezekiel a vision of the divine chariot?
- How did He who sits upon the Cherubim come to be in a manger and in the embrace of St. Mary?
- What do we know about the “seats” or “thrones”?
- What do we know about how the chariot of the four living creatures moves?
- Why does the Holy Bible mention the four living creatures in both Testaments?
- What are the characteristics of the four living creatures?
- What do we know about the twenty-four presbyters (Rev. 4:4)?
- What do we know about the second rank, which includes the dominions, the lordships, and the powers?
- What do we know about the third rank, which includes the principalities, the archangels, and the angels?
- What do we know about the archangel Michael?
- What do we know about the archangel Michael’s war against the devil?
- Were there other contentions between the archangel Michael, and the devil and his kingdom?
- When do we celebrate the feast of the archangel Michael?
- Why do some call the archangel Michael “the angel of the resurrection of the Lord Christ”?
- Why do some refer to the archangel Michael as “the angel of the general resurrection”?
- What do we know about the archangel Gabriel?
- What is the role of the archangel Gabriel, as it is described in the Book of Daniel?
- What role did the archangel Gabriel play in the annunciation of the incarnation?
- What do we know about the archangel Raphael?
- What do we know about the archangel Suriel?702
- Who are the remainder of the seven archangels?
The Devil Has No Authority Over Us
- Who are the evil angels?
- What was the state of the devil before his fall?
- Is the devil a real entity?
- Is the world filled with angels and demons?
- What is the sin of the angels?
- Where do evil angels dwell?
- Were evil angels created with a different nature to that of the good angels?
- Why are evil angels called “devils,” or slanderers and deceivers?
- Did the Lord Christ mention the devil and his angels?
- How can we escape the snares of the devil?
- Who leads us in our battle against the devil?
- What do these words mean: “Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air” (1 Cor. 9:26)?
- Who is stronger: the believer or the devil?
- What do these words mean: “Will you play with him as with a bird, or will you leash him for your maidens?” (Job 41:5)?
- How did the Lord Christ subjugate the devil?
- How does our Christ recompense us for the losses we have suffered?
- Why did God not expel the devil from the world?