Scriptural Anchors

  • Colossians 1:16
  • Ephesians 1:21

Theological Anchors

  • Pseudo-Dionysius, Celestial Hierarchy
  • Historical theology of the third sphere

Metaphysical Meaning

Principalities signify ordered care over communal and civic realities within providence.

Contemplative Correspondence

Contemplatively, this order may be studied as stewardship, responsibility for common life, and humility in public order.

Light Imagery

Parchment map lines, sapphire civic seal, old gold horizon.

Source References

  1. Colossians 1:16
  2. Ephesians 1:21
  3. Pseudo-Dionysius, Celestial Hierarchy
  4. Historical theology of the third sphere