Thrones 526236 225151542 2008-07-12T04:10:41Z 206.162.204.6 /* About the Thrones */ {{Unreferenced|date=March 2007}} :''This page concerns the class of [[angel]]s in the [[Christian]] tradition. For the band, see [[Thrones (band)]].'' The '''Thrones''' ([[Latin|lat]]. ''thronus'', pl. ''throni'') are a class of [[celestial]] beings mentioned by [[Paul of Tarsus]] in {{bibleverse||Colossians|1:16|KJV}} ([[New Testament]]) and related to the [[throne]] of [[God the Father]]. They are living symbols of God's justice and authority. According to the New Testament, these high celestial beings are among those Orders at the [[Christ]]'s service.<ref>[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians%201:14-20;&version=9; Colossians 1:14-20]</ref> <ref>[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter%203:21-22;&version=9; 1 Peter 3:21-22]</ref> The Thrones are mentioned again in [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2011:15-17;&version=31; Revelation 11:16]. The corresponding order of angels in [[Judaism]] is called the "abalim" or "arelim"/"erelim".<ref name="Bunson">Bunson, Matthew. ''Angels A to Z''. New York:Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1996. ISBN 0-517-88537-9.</ref> The [[Ophan]]im (Wheels or Galgallin) is a different class of higher liberated celestial beings, under many [[Christian]] angelic hierarchies, that are also known as the "Thrones", from {{bibleverse||Daniel|7:9|KJV}} ([[Old Testament]]). They are the carriers of the [[throne]] of [[God]], hence the name. They are said to be great wheels covered in [[eyes]]. ==About the Thrones== Thrones are angels of the Third Order (first sphere) and are beings of tremendous power and movement. They are the keepers of higher more expanded energies. They ensure that these energies maintain connections and flows through the realms. They act as the conduits of the physical worlds and tend to be more stationary in their existence. ===According to tradition=== God's Spirit is conveyed in a certain manner to these angels, who in turn pass on the message to men and the inferior angels. Thrones are known in scripture as the bringers of justice, but their status in hierarchy is often confused, sometimes placing them above the Seraphim, and sometimes placing them at the same level as the Cherubim. They do however, come in the second Choir, and are assigned to planets. This position makes them some of the most powerful angels in service to the Lord. According to St. Thomas Aquinas, the Thrones have the task of pondering the disposition of divine judgments. In other words, they carry out or fulfill the divine justice of the Lord. They create, channel and collect incoming and outgoing positive energies. Dispensation of justice is important to the Thrones and they send healing energies to victims while shining a light on injustice to bring its presence to our attention. Like their counterparts in the second angelic triad, they come the closest of all Angels to spiritual perfection and emanate the light of God with mirror-like goodness. They, despite their greatness, are intensely humble, an attribute that allows them to dispense justice with perfect objectivity and without fear of pride or ambition. Because they are living symbols of God's justice and authority, they are called Thrones and have as one of their symbols the throne. ===According to the [[Western Wisdom Teachings]]=== The Thrones (Gr. ''thronos'') may possibly be equated with the "Lords of Wisdom", a Hierarchy of [[Elohim (gods)|Elohim]] astrologically associated to [[Virgo (astrology)|Virgo]], presented in ''[[The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception]]''. They inhabit, in Rosicrucian cosmology, the [[Rosicrucian Fellowship#The Seven Worlds & the Seven Cosmic Planes|World of Divine Spirit]], which is the home of [[God the Father|The Father]]. However, these teachings direcly present the Thrones (from Old Testament vision) as a higher hierarchy of celestial beings called "Lords of the Flame", already liberated (see [[Ophanim]]). According to this source, both these hierarchies have worked together in a far past toward the development of [[mankind]]. ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==References== *Bunson, Matthew. ''Angels A to Z''. New York:Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1996. ISBN 0-517-88537-9. *Gulley, Rosemary Ellen (1996). ''Encyclopedia of Angels''. ISBN 0-8160-29881 ==See also== *[[Ophanim]] (Thrones/Wheels) {{Christian angelic hierarchy}} [[Category:Angels in Christianity]] [[Category:Classes of angel]] [[es:Tronos (ángeles)]] [[fr:Trônes (hiérarchie angélique)]] [[it:Troni]] [[nl:Tronen]] [[ja:座天使]] [[no:Troner]] [[pl:Trony]] [[fi:Valtaistuimet]] [[sv:Troner]] [[zh:座天使]]