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Celestial hierarchy can refer to:

  • Celestial bureaucracy, in Chinese mythology
  • De Coelesti Hierarchia ("On the Celestial Hierarchy"), a 5th century work by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
  • Hierarchy of angels, systems of classifying and ranking angels
    • Angels in Judaism
    • Angels in Christianity
    • Angels in Islam

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Celestial hierarchy

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Celestial hierarchy can refer to: Celestial bureaucracy, in Chinese mythology De Coelesti Hierarchia ("On the Celestial Hierarchy"), a 5th century work...

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Hierarchy of angels

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angelic hierarchy was that put forward by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the 5th or 6th century in his book De Coelesti Hierarchia (On the Celestial Hierarchy)...

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De Coelesti Hierarchia

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Οὐρανίας Ἱεραρχίας, translit. Peri tēs Ouranias Hierarchias, "On the Celestial Hierarchy") is a Pseudo-Dionysian work on angelology, written in Greek and...

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Neoplatonism

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Neoplatonism is a version of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion. The...

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Angels in Christianity

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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's De Coelesti Hierarchia (On the Celestial Hierarchy), there are three levels ("sphere") of angels, inside each of which...

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Archangel

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Christian hierarchy of angels, put forward by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the 5th or 6th century in his book De Coelesti Hierarchia (On the Celestial Hierarchy)...

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Seraph

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A seraph (/ˈsɛrəf/; pl.: seraphim /ˈsɛrəfɪm/) is a celestial or heavenly being originating in Ancient Judaism. The term plays a role in subsequent Judaism...

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Cherub

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angelology as angels of the second highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy. De Coelesti Hierarchia (c. 5th century) lists them alongside Seraphim...

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Astronomical object

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An astronomical object, celestial object, stellar object or heavenly body is a naturally occurring physical entity, association, or structure that exists...

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Hierarchy

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(ἱεραρχία, hierarchia) both in reference to the celestial hierarchy and the ecclesiastical hierarchy. The Greek term hierarchia means 'rule of a high...

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Testament of Adam

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the Messiah and the Great Flood; and finally, a description of the celestial hierarchy of angels is given. The work was likely originally written in Syriac...

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Chinese gods and immortals

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has or is one or more gods, and they are organised in a complex celestial hierarchy. Besides the traditional worship of these entities, Chinese folk...

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Emanation in the Eastern Orthodox Church

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in the conception of the celestial hierarchy or concatenation formulated by Saint Dionysios the Areopagite. This hierarchy constitutes a threefold structure...

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Hugh of Saint Victor

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Genesis. In Hierarchiam celestem commentaria (Commentary on the Celestial Hierarchy), a commentary on the work by pseudo-Dionysius, perhaps begun around...

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Chinese theology

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or stars, are arranged in a "celestial bureaucracy" which influences earthly activities and is reflected by the hierarchy of the Chinese state itself....

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King Yan

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new bodies. Yan was sometimes considered to be a position in the celestial hierarchy, rather than an individual. There were said to be cases in which...

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Zhenren

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Taoism mythologized zhenren, having them occupy various places in the celestial hierarchy sometimes synonymous with xian, while Chinese Buddhism used it to...

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Dragon Ball

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Dragon World (ドラゴンワールド) and designated as "Planet 4032-877" by the celestial hierarchy, is the main setting for the entire Dragon Ball series, as well as...

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Wali

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of "a highly developed hierarchy of God's friends." The differences in terminology between the various celestial hierarchies presented by these authors...

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Mizar and Alcor

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Alcor) as occupying respectively the highest and lowest posts in the celestial hierarchy. So that Vidit Alcor, at non lunam plenam (Latin for "he saw Alcor...

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Taoism

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different places. They were sometimes viewed as deities, parts of the celestial hierarchy, metaphorical ideals that people should strive to be like, reclusive...

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Il Paradiso

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Archangel Michael holding out the scales of justice. The order of the celestial hierarchy is respected: the evangelists appear in a semi-circle immediately...

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Ahmad ibn Hanbal

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death" and whose key role in the traditional Sufi conception of the celestial hierarchy would be detailed by later mystics such as Hujwiri and Ibn Arabi...

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John Scotus Eriugena

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the Dionysian corpus, and much later wrote a commentary on "The Celestial Hierarchy". This constitutes the first major Latin reception of the Areopagite...

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Benjamin Bagby

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of Time/Endzeitfragmente, Raumklang 2008. Hildegard von Bingen: Celestial Hierarchy, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (Sony) 2013. Boethius: Songs of Consolation...

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