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== | == What is an angel? == | ||
=== What does the word "angel" mean? === | |||
=== Do angels have free will? === | |||
=== Do angels live in time? === | |||
=== When were angels created? === | |||
=== Can an angel repent of sin and be forgiven? === | |||
=== Can angels move physical things? === | |||
=== Can angels work miracles? === | |||
=== Can angels appear on earth? === | |||
=== Do angels have wings and halos? === | |||
=== How do angels move from one place to another? === | |||
=== Do all Catholics have to believe that angels exist? === | |||
=== How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? === | |||
== What are the nine choirs of angels? == | |||
; First hierarchy | ; First hierarchy | ||
* Seraphim | * Seraphim | ||
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* Archangels | * Archangels | ||
* Angels | * Angels | ||
== Was there really a war among the angels? == | |||
"And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the | |||
dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back" (Rev 12:7). | |||
=== How do angels fight a war? === | |||
"but the prince of the kingdom of Persia stood in my way for twenty-one | |||
days, until finally Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me" | |||
(Daniel 10:13). | |||
"Yet the archangel Michael, when he argued with the devil in a dispute | |||
over the body of Moses, did not venture to pronounce a reviling judgment | |||
upon him but said, 'May the Lord rebuke you!'" (Jude 1:9). | |||
=== Why does God let devils exist? === | |||
Why doesn't He lock them up once and for all and keep them all away | |||
from us? | |||
=== Was the serpent an angel? === | |||
Genesis 3:1 says, "Now the snake was the most cunning of all the wild | |||
animals that the LORD God had made." Why do so many people say that | |||
this was the devil or Satan when the Scripture plainly reports that | |||
the serpent was an animal? | |||
=== What does the word "Satan" mean? === | |||
=== What does the word "devil" mean? === | |||
=== Does the devil really cause people to sin? === | |||
=== Can the devil really take possession of people? === | |||
== Does everyone have a guardian angel? == | |||
=== Does my guardian angel have a name? === | |||
=== Is it OK for me to give my guardian angel an name? === | |||
=== Do the angels love us? === | |||
=== Are the angels happy? === | |||
=== Is it OK to pray to the angels? === | |||
== Why was St. Thomas called "The Angelic Doctor"? == | |||
=== Did he see angels? === | |||
=== Did he have a special devotion to the angels? === | |||
== Do the people whom we love become our angels when they die? == | |||
== Have you ever seen an angel? == | |||
=== Do you pray to the angels? === | |||
== Why do we call Our Lady the "Queen of Angels"? == | |||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
Revision as of 17:17, 29 September 2011
What is an angel?
What does the word "angel" mean?
Do angels have free will?
Do angels live in time?
When were angels created?
Can an angel repent of sin and be forgiven?
Can angels move physical things?
Can angels work miracles?
Can angels appear on earth?
Do angels have wings and halos?
How do angels move from one place to another?
Do all Catholics have to believe that angels exist?
How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
What are the nine choirs of angels?
- First hierarchy
- Seraphim
- Cherubim
- Thrones
- Second hierarchy
- Dominions
- Virtues
- Powers
- Third hierarchy
- Principalities
- Archangels
- Angels
Was there really a war among the angels?
"And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back" (Rev 12:7).
How do angels fight a war?
"but the prince of the kingdom of Persia stood in my way for twenty-one days, until finally Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me" (Daniel 10:13).
"Yet the archangel Michael, when he argued with the devil in a dispute over the body of Moses, did not venture to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him but said, 'May the Lord rebuke you!'" (Jude 1:9).
Why does God let devils exist?
Why doesn't He lock them up once and for all and keep them all away from us?
Was the serpent an angel?
Genesis 3:1 says, "Now the snake was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the LORD God had made." Why do so many people say that this was the devil or Satan when the Scripture plainly reports that the serpent was an animal?