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Throne (angel)
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In Christian angelology, thrones (Ancient Greek: θρόνος, pl. θρόνοι; Latin: thronus, pl. throni) are a class of angels. This is based on an interpretation of Colossians 1:16.[1] According to 1 Peter 3:21–22, Christ had gone to Heaven and "angels and authorities and powers" had been made subject to him.[2]
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in his work De Coelesti Hierarchia includes the thrones as the third highest of nine levels of angels.[3]
According to the Second Book of Enoch, thrones are seen by Enoch in the Seventh Heaven.[4]
- ^ "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him".
- ^ "Bible Gateway passage: 1 Peter 3:21–22 – King James Version". Bible Gateway.
- ^ Dionysius the Areopagite (1899). "Works, vol. 2. – The Celestial Hierarchy". www.tertullian.org. pp. 1–66.
- ^ Rutherford H. Platt, Jr. (1926). The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden. Entry: The Book of the Secrets of Enoch, chapter XX.
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