I called my wife for the first timemy angel“He answered me.Which one?It was he who, not supporting the approximation, taught me the heavenly hierarchy; in the family of angels are seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions, powers, virtues, principalities, archangels, and angels.
The sky is clear as they gaze blankly upon the great nation of blue angels
Fernand Cromelink
As for me, who believed in equality in heaven… I only knew this guardian angel named Josephine, a fixer of all kinds who brought home runaway teenagers and mended couples in danger.
Close to God
Who were these seraphim and other cherubim? The seraphim at the top of the spiritual pyramid are closest to God. The three pairs of wings with which Botticelli decorated them in The Virgin and Child in Seraphic Glory prevent the Boeotians from confusing them with cherubim. The latter, also called cherubs, are represented with a child’s head and two arms. Raphael painted them at the foot of La Madone Sistine, with a chubby, playful air. This is why we fondly refer to a chubby baby as a cherub. Even if her name is Seraphine.
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