The orders of angels set out by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in his work on the celestial hierarchy, nine ranks arranged in three spheres from the Seraphim nearest the divine presence down to the angels and archangels who deal with humankind. This scheme became standard in Christian angelology. In the standard account the choirs are Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominions, Virtues, Powers, Principalities, Archangels and Angels, and medieval theologians such as Aquinas treated the scheme with great respect. Members placed here so far include Seraphim, Archangels.
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Seraph (Wikipedia)
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Tradition places seraphim in the highest rank in Christian angelology and in the fifth rank of ten in the Jewish angelic hierarchy.
Wikipedia: Archangel
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Archangels () are the second-lowest rank of angel in the hierarchy of angels, based on and put forward by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the 5th or 6th century in his book De Coelesti Hierarchia (On the Celestial Hierarchy).
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