This page groups figures by their current standing in the eyes of their own faith. Wikipedia defines veneration as "the practice of honoring people and articles of religious significance, for example, the veneration of saints and the veneration of relics." Browsing by veneration status lets a visitor tell a figure actively honored today from one no longer widely venerated.
Facts
Origins
Whose Classification This IsThe 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. 3 Overview
What Defines This GroupingNamed 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. 2 Learn More
The 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.
Veneration Status
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd edition
Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik (eds.), Macmillan Reference USA, 2007on angels and angelology in Jewish traditionView the Source 3. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd revised edition
F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2005s.v. AngelView the Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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