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NINE CHORUSES OF ANGELS<br />

There are nine choruses of angels are commonly given by<br />

early Christian Fathers<br />

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in De Coelesti Hierarchia<br />

(ca. 5th century):<br />

St. Gregory the Great in Homilia (6th century)<br />

St. Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae (7th century) etc.<br />

• First sphere: 1. Seraphim, 2. Cherubim, 3. Thrones;<br />

• Second sphere: 4. Dominations (also translated as<br />

Lordships), 5. Virtues (also trans. as Powers), 6.<br />

Powers (also trans. as Authorities);<br />

• Third sphere: 7. Principalities, 8. Archangels, 9.<br />

Angels.

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