Home›Angels›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups figures by the wider religious tradition that recognizes them. Wikipedia notes that "within Christianity, veneration is practiced by groups such as the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Oriental Orthodox Churches, all of which have varying types of canonization or glorification processes." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every figure from one religious tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attestedThe developed angelologies are largely post-biblical. Named angels appear in the later books of the Hebrew Bible and in the Second Temple apocalypses, and the ranked nine orders are a Christian scheme descending from Pseudo-Dionysius. 3OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedNamed angels of the Abrahamic traditions taken as figures of sacred narrative, kept apart from the ranked choirs and from the spirits of ceremonial magic, which the atlas treats separately. The three religions share some names and differ over others. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedFigures 1Learn MoreThe angels This group holds angels, the messenger and servant spirits of the Abrahamic traditions, ranked below God and above humanity, who carry the divine word, guard, and worship. Here they appear as named figures of sacred narrative rather than as the graded choirs and magical spirits treated elsewhere in the atlas. The browser will find the named angels of Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. The entries describe each figure's role in scripture and later tradition, noting how the three faiths share and differ over their angelology.TraditionFilter Results2 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (2)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (2)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (2)2011-01-27 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2020-01-01 (2)Origin Period End YearAll50 (1)632 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll30 (1)610 (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage may licitly be polygynous (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Position on UsuryAllInterest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (1)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTwo and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)TheologyAllMonotheistic: one God (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareChristianityTradition9 entriesIslamTradition6 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd editiontier 1Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik (eds.), Macmillan Reference USA, 2007on angels and angelology in Jewish traditionView the Source3. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd revised editiontier 1F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2005s.v. AngelView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.