Chapter 1
The Roman shield of state
Chapter 2
Pocket-sized and wrathful Eastern guardians
Chapter 3
Ancestral and animal guardians of the Pacific and Americas
Chapter 4
Invisible celestial bodyguards
Ch 4 · Invisible celestial bodyguards
007skaty Aquinas's Angelic Masterclass
Without any body / Each angel's a species / A class of its own
BETA
007skaty Defend the sacred temple gates to learn how ancient cultures understood divine protective control.
007skaty What began as Pope Paul V's optional 1608 feast became a mandatory church-wide observance under Pope Clement X in 1670.
Quiz
Which pope officially authorized the Feast of the Guardian Angels for the universal Catholic Church in 1608?
Quiz
Which later pope made the Feast of the Guardian Angels mandatory for the entire Catholic Church in 1670?
Quiz
What is the Arabic term for the two recording angels who sit on a person's shoulders in Islam?
Quiz
In Islamic tradition, which shoulder does the angel who records a person's good deeds sit on?
Fun Fact
Angels at birth: Saint Thomas Aquinas argued that a baby receives a guardian angel at the exact moment of birth, not at conception.
Quiz
In Islamic theology, what is the name of the guardian angels who physically protect humans from harm?
Quiz
According to Islamic belief, when do the protective Hafaza angels step aside and allow harm to happen?
Glossary
magnetosphere (noun)
The region of space surrounding a celestial body in which charged particles are controlled by its magnetic field. Earth's shield deflects solar winds traveling over 1,500,000 kilometers per hour to prevent atmospheric loss.
The region of space surrounding a celestial body in which charged particles are controlled by its magnetic field. Earth's shield deflects solar winds traveling over 1,500,000 kilometers per hour to prevent atmospheric loss.
Quiz
In which 13th-century book did Saint Thomas Aquinas formalize the theology of guardian angels?
Quiz
According to Thomas Aquinas, what part of a human can guardian angels influence, since they cannot override free will?