Angels are so different!
Is it possible to see angels?
Have you ever met angels? So that after the meeting you can confidently describe their appearance and be confident that now you can easily recognize the heavenly assistants and immediately accept their wise advice? I will assume not. It is impossible to see something that does not have a material body and does not obey any earthly laws. Then where did the stable image of a blond, curly-haired youth or youth in light white clothes with developing folds come from?
Whom do the artists actually represent?
The first attempt to describe iconography and systematize the angelic hierarchy was made by the philosopher and theologian Dionysius in his book "On the Heavenly Hierarchy"1... The purpose of creating iconography is quite definite - "through the visible, reverently ascend to the invisible"2 .
Yes, angels have their own clear hierarchy. Each order is described in detail. The highest order belongs to Cherubim, Seraphim, Thrones. The mid-level angels are the angels of Dominance, Strength and Power. The closest and most understandable to people are the lower-level angels - Archangels and angels.
It is the lowest rank that is called to convey the will of God to people. Therefore, the images of angels of the lowest rank are especially loved by people and are most often found in works of world art.
A rare puppeteer artist did not turn in his work to this image of "a servant of God, an executor of his will and his messenger to people"3.
Angels are always with us!
I don’t know exactly what angels look like, but I’m sure that not a single step escapes their kind eyes. Whenever help is needed, it always comes!
I believe that an angel can be found suddenly, easily on the street in a regular coat with an umbrella under his arm.
He can take on the image of an old woman in a pharmacy, an old man passing by, or a laughing child.
An angel can hold you home with a sudden phone call, place an article in a magazine that you will see. How many more happy accidents happen to us every day! And every time only after, I understand that an invisible hand directed, an unknown voice prompted, led, led along the only true path, did not let me get lost and fall.
Angels, they are so different, but certainly good messengers who save the human race.
Thank you kind angels. Let me portray you as we imagine you, so that "through the visible we reverently ascend to the invisible"2
With respect to the artists and all doll lovers.
Sincerely yours Timofeeva Olga @ olga.art.dolls
Used materials:
1.Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite is an unknown author of a collection of theological works in Greek.
2.Dionysius the Areopagite. Corpus of works with annexed interpretations of St. Maximus the Confessor. SPb .: Publishing house of Oleg Abishko, 2006
3.Ozhegov Explanatory Dictionary
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