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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?Maize said:Umm... well, pretty much nothing. I'd say some UUs believe in angels, but the majority probably do not.
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.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
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?
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.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.
How do you know who your Guardian Angel is?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
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:Pussyfoot Mouse said:How do you know who your Guardian Angel is?
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.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
I read a book by Sylvia Browne's BOOK OF ANGELSSOGFPP said:
Sylvia Browne is not a Roman Catholic.... you asked : "What Does Your Religion Say About ANGELS ".... and I told you.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!