“Who, then, would not be astonished to hear those called atheists, who speak of God the Father and of God the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and who proclaim their power in union and their distinction in order? Nor is our theology confined to these for we recognize also a multitude of angels and ministers whom God, the Creator and designer of the world, by means of his Word, set in their places and gave into their charge the elements and the heavens and the world and what is in it, and the good order of all” ( Supplication for the Christians 10:4 ). The Son appointed the angels to guard over them, and he himself cleansed them of their sins, laboring much and undergoing much toil” ( The Shepherd 5:6:2 ). “God planted the vineyard, that is, he created the people and gave them over to his Son. “Let no one be deceived: Even the heavenly beings and the angels in their glory and rulers visible and invisible–even for these there will be judgment, if they do not believe in the blood of Christ” ( Letter to the Smyrnaeans 6:1 ). Let us consider the whole multitude of his angels, how they stand waiting to minister to his will” ( Letter to the Corinthians 34:5 ). “Let our glorifying and our confidence be in him.
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