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=Angels and Demons in Myth-created by Sean Domas =

This page is the research of the involvement of Angels and Demons in classical and world Mythology. I'm going to start with the main idea we have today of angels and demons that comes from the catholic church. It is the ideas of a good and evil entity that is beyond our spectrum of seeing and experiencing. The first topic is going to be what is the definition of an angel. The church tells us that an angel is a pure spirit created by God. The name angel comes from the Greek word angelos which means "messenger". The existence of Angels comes directly from the old and new testament were there is seven classes of them specifically listed:Angels, Powers, Principalities, Dominions (ations), Thrones, Archangels, Seraphim, and Cherubim. Now when the church talks about angels it is assumed that they have always been there since the beginning of time when God created them. Now the important thing to think about is god created them with life eternal and with the desire to love him already instilled in them. This important to remember when i start to go into demons now. Demons (at least defined by the church) are Angels or rather Fallen Angels. The Demons that we are talking about are the Angels that decided to follow Lucifer when he rebelled against God. Now The number of angels that turned away were one third of the 400 million total Angels God had. Now when this unsuccessful coup didn't pan out God enacted the worst punishment he could enact upon them. He sent them out of heaven and away from his sight or of them to see him. Remember when I was talking about how God made Angels with the desire to Love him already in them. Well since they were driven away and cast out of Heaven they no longer can view upon and see God. This is the worst thing you can do to an immortal being is to take away there reason to exist for what is eternal life with no purpose. Now with this punishment in place it is easier to see why the demons would be so belligerent toward anyone they could harm. This is what i shall research first for the project and see what texts i can find...

Reader's Notebook So it is easier to find this link in the future.

Dante's Inferno The book i read into really doesn't offer up much new topics besides emphasizing how there main rolls is in service to god and being his messengers.

Bible Stories The next place Ive looked for references to Angels and Demons was in the bible itself. I have begun to read certain stories in the bible with direct references to the spiritual beings themselves.

sources:http://www.catholic.org/saints/angel.php

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