Cosmology
Heavenly liturgy, messenger figures, annunciation, archangelic reception, and ordered celestial hierarchy.
Intermediary Beings
- Michael
- Gabriel
- Raphael in deuterocanonical reception
- angelic orders
Celestial Hierarchy
The nine orders are especially shaped through Pseudo-Dionysian and medieval reception.
Reflective Inquiry
What does this civilization's cosmology reveal about order, boundary, mediation, and the human attempt to describe the heavens?
Source References
- Luke 1
- Revelation 4-12
- Tobit 12 in deuterocanonical reception
- Pseudo-Dionysian hierarchy