According to medieval Christian theologians, the Angels are organized into several orders, or Angelic Choirs.The most influential of these classifications was that put forward by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the Fourth or Fifth century, in his book The Celestial Hierarchy. However, during the Middle Ages, many schemes were proposed, some drawing on and expanding on Pseudo-Dionysius, others suggesting completely different classifications (some authors limited the number of Choirs to seven).
In The Celestial Hierarchy, the author drew on passages from the New Testament, specifically Ephesians 6:12 and Colossians 1:16 (considered by modern scholars to be very tentative and ambiguous sources in relation to the construction of such a schema), to construct a schema of three Hierarchies, Spheres or Triads of angels, with each Hierarchy containing three Orders or Choirs. In descending order of power, these were:
First Hierarchy:
Seraphim
Cherubim
Thrones or Ophanim
Second Hierarchy:
Dominions or Kyriotetes
Virtues or Dynameis
Powers or Exousiai
Third Hierarchy:
Principalities or Archai
Archangels
Angels
Further description will be explained in my next post tomorrow evening, see yaa people...!