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An angelis a supernaturalbeing puported to be the fist creation of God.
Description in Daniel 10;4-
"On the twenty fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris, I looked up and there before me was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of the finest gold around his waist. His body was like chrysolite, his face like lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude."
Found in many religions but all of the same angels and to the same God, Jehovah. In Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism, angels, as attendants or guardians to man, typically act as messengers from God.
Angelologyis a branch of theology that deals with a hierarchical system of angels, messengers, celestial powers or emanations, and the study of these systems. It primarily relates to Kabbalistic Judaism and Christianity,[1] where it is one of the ten major branches of theology, albeit an often neglected one.[2] Some secular scholars believe that Judeo-Christianity owes a great debt to Zoroastrianism in regards to the introduction of angelology and demonology, as well as the fallen angel Satan as the ultimate agent of evil, comparing him to the evil spirit Ahriman. The Iranian Avestan and Vedic traditions and also other branches of Indo-European mythologies show, the notion of demonshad existed long before.

  1. Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary. Theosophical University Press. Retrieved on 2006-03-17.
  2. J. Hampton Keathley, III, Th. M.. Angelology The Doctrine of Angels. Retrieved on 2006-03-17.