According to tradition and angelology studies, there are three angels considered the most powerful in the celestial hierarchy. These angels have been mentioned in sacred texts and are widely ...

It was later systematized by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in his work on the celestial hierarchy, distinguishing nine categories of angels. In this hierarchy, the highest angels, the cherubim ...

The Bible sheds little light on angelic society, but writers have been happy to fill in the gaps, including the unknown author of the circa-A.D. 500 On the Celestial Hierarchy.