angelology

• “The whole angelology,” says Deutsch,[194] “so strikingly simple before the Captivity and so wonderfully complex after it, owes its quick development in Babylonian soil to some awe-stricken desire which grows with growing culture, removing the inconceivable Being further and further from human touch or knowledge.” Speaking generally, it may be said that reflection about God's relations produced in Palestine the doctrine of angels, in Alexandria the doctrine of Wisdom and the Logos. —  Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria
• In many ways it is an impressive survey of the significance and dimensions of angelology in Christian theology, set against a backdrop of Hellenistic / Judaean thought and contemporary spirituality.
• He developed an extensive angelology to describe the bearers of light to the world, borrowing terms from Zoroastrian angelology for his works. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
• "The whole angelology," says Deutsch,[194] "so strikingly simple before the Captivity and so wonderfully complex after it, owes its quick development in Babylonian soil to some awe-stricken desire which grows with growing culture, removing the inconceivable Being further and further from human touch or knowledge." —  Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria
• Accepting and adopting various Neo-Platonic theories of emanation, elaborating thence an intricate angelology, the mystics threw a bridge over the gulf between God and man. —  Judaism

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