What Does Your Religion Say About ANGELS

Purity · May 19, 2005

Hello everyone. There are so many different Religion's here I'd like to ask every to tell me what your religion says about Angels. Please let me know the religion as well, Thank You.

Purity

Green Gaia · May 19, 2005

Umm... well, pretty much nothing. I'd say some UUs believe in angels, but the majority probably do not.

Purity · May 19, 2005

Maize said:
Umm... well, pretty much nothing. I'd say some UUs believe in angels, but the majority probably do not.

Could you please tell me what the UUs are, I don't believe I've heard of it. Do you mean it's a choice with that religion to believe in them or not?

Purity

James the Persian · May 19, 2005

Purity,

We Orthodox Christians (we are commonly known as Eastern Orthodox in the west, though we don't usually refer to ourselves that way, and include the Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox and Romanian Orthodox churches, amongst others) do believe in angels. Many people have Archangels as patron saints - wy wife's is Gabriel for instance - and we believe that everyone has a Guardian Angel who we ask to watch over us in our daily prayers. For a much better description of the Church's teachings on angels than I can possibly provide, you might be interested to read the following:

http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/death/angels2.aspx

I hope that helps.

James

Green Gaia · May 19, 2005

Purity said:
Could you please tell me what the UUs are, I don't believe I've heard of it. Do you mean it's a choice with that religion to believe in them or not?
Purity

Unitarian Universalist. I mean that we are not told what to believe about angels. Some UUs believe they exist, some do not. We have a lot of choice in what to believe.

Jayhawker Soule · May 19, 2005

The earliest serious Judaic effort is found in the presumed popular Enoch.

Purity · May 19, 2005

IacobPersul said:
Purity,

We Orthodox Christians (we are commonly known as Eastern Orthodox in the west, though we don't usually refer to ourselves that way, and include the Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox and Romanian Orthodox churches, amongst others) do believe in angels. Many people have Archangels as patron saints - wy wife's is Gabriel for instance - and we believe that everyone has a Guardian Angel who we ask to watch over us in our daily prayers. For a much better description of the Church's teachings on angels than I can possibly provide, you might be interested to read the following:

http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/death/angels2.aspx

Thank you very much for that reading. I do however have a question for you. Where does that leave us. The one's filled with love and joy sound like angels and those of us filled with pride and stubbourness sound light Saitin. For he was an angel and had fallen and when he did he grew with pride and stubbourness and therefore he feels he has no need to repent. If I have pride and stubbourness in me what does that mean of me?

michel · May 19, 2005

I'm willing to 'go with' angels - or at least something much like them; I don't call them angels though.

Purity · May 19, 2005

Maize said:
Unitarian Universalist. I mean that we are not told what to believe about angels. Some UUs believe they exist, some do not. We have a lot of choice in what to believe.

Thank you for clearing that up for me. That's very interesting that your religion gives you so many chioces and your not told what you have to believe in.

Purity

iaminterface · May 19, 2005

http://www.ahs.org.uk/default.asp?action=article&ID=895

Buddhist view on Angels.

arthra · May 19, 2005

Angels I think in my Faith (Baha'i Faith) are pure souls who have been alive and passed on... We believe pure souls after death can intercede for us in prayer to God. So the "Cloud of Witnesses"- like saints who have gone before us- mentioned in the Bible is called the "Supreme Concourse" in our Writings are able to assist us.

From the Baha'i Writings:

"Array yourselves in the perfection of divine virtues. I hope you may be quickened and vivified by the breaths of the Holy Spirit. Then shall ye indeed become the angels of heaven whom Christ promised would appear in this Day to gather the harvest of divine planting. This is my hope. This is my prayer for you."

Pussyfoot Mouse · May 19, 2005

IacobPersul said:
Purity,

We Orthodox Christians (we are commonly known as Eastern Orthodox in the west, though we don't usually refer to ourselves that way, and include the Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox and Romanian Orthodox churches, amongst others) do believe in angels. Many people have Archangels as patron saints - wy wife's is Gabriel for instance - and we believe that everyone has a Guardian Angel who we ask to watch over us in our daily prayers. For a much better description of the Church's teachings on angels than I can possibly provide, you might be interested to read the following:

http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/death/angels2.aspx

I hope that helps.

James

How do you know who your Guardian Angel is?

Scott1 · May 19, 2005

The Nine Choirs of Angels

The Black Whirlwind · May 20, 2005

everybody knows about jedi ghosts...

capthowdy · May 20, 2005

I don't have a religion so I can't relate there, however the views on angels that I find most interesting are in the writings of the Book of Enoch.......I believe Deut. 32.8 mentioned this earlier. Here's a link to an online copy of the book if you are interested further:http://reluctant-messenger.com/enoch.htm

James the Persian · May 20, 2005

Pussyfoot Mouse said:
How do you know who your Guardian Angel is?

You don't if by that you mean know their name. We believe that every Christian is nsent an angel by God to watch over them, but we aren't told what their name is. But how many Angels' (not Archangels) names do we know? I can't think of one. We pray completely anonymous prayers to them like the following:

Holy Guardian Angel, do not depart from me, a sinner, or allow me to be overcome by the enemy. Give strength to my weak hand and set me on the path of salvation. Forgive me when I offend you and protect me in the coming day, that I may not anger God by sinning. Pray to God for me that I may come to fear Him and become a servant worthy of His great kindness.

Amen

Don't RCs have the same sort of beliefs? If not, it will be another, albeit minor, example of the many differences between our two faiths that I didn't know about until recently. I'd be surprised, though, if that were true as it's such an important belief for many normal lay people.

James

Purity · May 20, 2005

SOGFPP said:
The Nine Choirs of Angels

I read a book by Sylvia Browne's BOOK OF ANGELS
First she talks about the order of Angels In her book the order is different then yours and she says her religion is that of the same as what Jesus taught. Comments Please!

TYPE OF ANGEL
Angels
Archangels
Cherubian
Seraphim
Powers
Carrions
Virtues
Dominions
Thrones
Principalities

TOTEMS THEY MATCH
Seagull
Wolf
Canary
Canary
Falcon
Raven
Dove
Cougar
Elephant
Lion

ELEMENT THEY MATCH
Sun
Rain
Music
Music
Moon
Wind
Water
Earth
Air
Fire

STONE THEY MATCH
Pearl
Aquamarine
Quartz
Quartz
Emerald
Opal
Silver
Bloodstone
Gold
Sapphire

WINGS
White with Silver Tips
White with Blue Tips
White with Rose Tips
White with Rose Tips
White with Greenish-white Tips
White with Orange tint
Silver with Pale Blue Tips
White with a Maroon tint
Purplish White
Gold

PURPOSE
Protectors
Messengers (They Carry The Green Scepter Of Healing)
Joyous Singers
Joyous Singers
Healer
Carriers of the Dark Entities
Helpers (help with our charts)
Overseers of good recorders of deeds
Azna's(Mother God's army)
Om's(Father God's army)

FUNCTIONS
Fear and Phobias
Hope
Insomnia
Remembering dreams
Peace
Fate
Morals
Strength
Fertility(emotion)
Justice(intellect)

Lloyd · May 20, 2005

So here it is straight from the horse's mouth. Er..by horse, I mean Baha'u'llah.

By "angels" is meant those who, reinforced by the power of the spirit, have consumed, with the fire of the love of God, all human traits and limitations, and have clothed themselves with the attributes of the most exalted Beings and of the Cherubim.
(Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 78)

Scott1 · May 20, 2005

Purity said:
I read a book by Sylvia Browne's BOOK OF ANGELS
First she talks about the order of Angels In her book the order is different then yours and she says her religion is that of the same as what Jesus taught. Comments Please!

Sylvia Browne is not a Roman Catholic.... you asked : "What Does Your Religion Say About ANGELS ".... and I told you.

Pussyfoot Mouse · May 20, 2005

I was told once when I was very young, by my Grandmother(a devoted Roman Catholic)that I had two Guardian Angels, one on each shoulder. Does anyone know what she meant my that?

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