Decoelesti hierarchia (English spelling) Decoelestihierarchia

Japanese: 《Decoelesti hierarchia》(英語表記)Decoelestihierarchia
Decoelesti hierarchia (English spelling) Decoelestihierarchia

…Unlike other angels who had human form and functioned as messengers of God, these two mysterious angels, who flew in flashes like lightning, are thought to have originated from the ancient Babylonian personification of thunder flashes. The work De coelesti hierarchia, attributed to Dionysius the Areopagite, orders the angels into three groups, each of which has three ranks and nine degrees, a hierarchy that is also followed by Thomas Aquinas. According to this, the seraphim occupy the highest rank, followed by the cherubim and the throni (thrones), which make up the first group. …

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Japanese:

…人間の姿をして神の使者たる職能をもった他の天使たちとは異なり,稲妻のような閃光を発して飛びかけるこの神秘的な2天使は,古代バビロニアの雷の閃光の擬人化に由来するものと考えられている。ディオニュシウス・アレオパギタに帰せられる著作《天上階序論De coelesti hierarchia》は天使の群を3群に,そして各群を三つの位の9位階に秩序づけ,トマス・アクイナスもそれを継承している。それによれば,セラピムが最高位を占め,ケルビム,トロニThroni(座天使)がこれに続いて第1群を構成する。…

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