How many religions other than Catholicism believe in guardian angels?

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Sorry to go a bit off topic, but do you know where I could get any information on guardian angels? It’s a part of catholicism I don’t know much about and would like to study it. I can’t find anything on CA.
 
grampben said:
Sorry to go a bit off topic, but do you know where I could get any information on guardian angels? It’s a part of catholicism I don’t know much about and would like to study it. I can’t find anything on CA.
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I would either look into the vaticans’ website www.vatican.va/home or just google it. There are many Catholic websites out there that can give you the answer to that.
 
I heard a neat story about Bl. John XXIII (or is he a St.?)

Before he had a meeting with someone he would ask his guardian angel to talk to the other person’s guardian angel.
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grampben said:
Sorry to go a bit off topic, but do you know where I could get any information on guardian angels? It’s a part of catholicism I don’t know much about and would like to study it. I can’t find anything on CA.
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It’s not like there’s a lot to know, really. Do you pray the Guardian Angel prayer?

Angel of God
My guardian dear
To whom God’s love
Commits me here

Ever this day (night)
Be at my side
To light and guard,
To rule and guide.

You can talk to your guardian angel and ask him for anything. You can also pray to other people’s guardian angels, if you think they are in some kind of trouble, or if you need for a meeting to go well, etc. Members of the Legion of Mary pray to the guardian angels of the people that they are evangelizing, to be able to touch their hearts and bring them home to the Catholic Church.
 
danaemariejoan said:
I was just wondering.
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I am not aware of any others. Maybe Islam? But I’m not sure about that.

The religion that I was brought up in regarded angels as symbolic of the process that happens in a person’s mind when they encounter a new insight - we were not supposed to take the idea of angels literally.
 
I know that Muslims believe in Angels, as well as Jewish people. Pagans also believe in angels. Not sure of any others.
 
There are temple devas in Hinduism that are guardians to the temples. They have fierce faces, swords and wings.

I believe that the angles of in the Bible do not have wings. Perhaps the concept of winged angels in Western art came from cultural influence of the silk route during the early middle ages.
 
It’s more or less standard Christian teaching, held in some form even by classical confessional Protestantism (as opposed to megachurchism and fundamentalism), even if not much is said about it.
 
notself said:
There are temple devas in Hinduism that are guardians to the temples. They have fierce faces, swords and wings.

I believe that the angles of in the Bible do not have wings. Perhaps the concept of winged angels in Western art came from cultural influence of the silk route during the early middle ages.
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Actually, the Cherubim and the Seraphim have wings, as depicted in Solomon’s Temple, and on the Ark of the Covenant. Other types of angels might not, though. 🤷
 
danaemariejoan said:
I was just wondering.
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lcms.org/pages/internal.asp?NavID=2204
Q: Do angels in any way have a place, most particularly “guardian angels,” in Christian or Lutheran worship (how should we pray for help from guardian angels)?
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A. In “Lutheran Worship,” September 29 is designated as “St. Michael and All Angels” day. The propers for this day provide for praise to God for the angels, who serve God and his saints. In the Collect for the day we ask that by God’s appointment angels “may also help and defend us here on earth.” This collect is a model for how we are to pray to God for the protection of His holy angels.
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The Scriptures do not specifically answer the question whether each believer, and in particular each believing child (Matt. 18:10), has one or more specially assigned guardian angels. But they do clearly assure us that God’s people are under the constant guard of angels (Ps. 91:11, 12; Heb. 1:14).
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jmcrae said:
Actually, the Cherubim and the Seraphim have wings, as depicted in Solomon’s Temple, and on the Ark of the Covenant. Other types of angels might not, though. 🤷
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Will you please quote the sections of the OT that describe winged angels? I have looked and can’t find any.

I am interested. 🙂
 
notself said:
Will you please quote the sections of the OT that describe winged angels? I have looked and can’t find any.

I am interested. 🙂
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On the building of the Ark:

Exodus 25:20​

The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.

Exodus 37:9​

The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.

1 Kings 6:24​

One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing five cubits—ten cubits from wing tip to wing tip.

1 Kings 6:27​

He placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple, with their wings spread out. The wing of one cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the other touched the other wall, and their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.

1 Kings 8:6​

The priests then brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

1 Kings 8:7​

The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles.

1 Chronicles 28:18​

and the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense. He also gave him the plan for the chariot, that is, the cherubim of gold that spread their wings and shelter the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 3:11​

The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub.

2 Chronicles 3:12​

Similarly one wing of the second cherub was five cubits long and touched the other temple wall, and its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub.

2 Chronicles 3:13​

The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.

2 Chronicles 5:7​

The priests then brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

2 Chronicles 5:6-8
The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its carrying poles.

And in the Temple:

Isaiah 6:2
Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.

And in the vision of Ezekiel:

Ezekiel 1:6​

but each of them had four faces and four wings.

Ezekiel 1:8​

Under their wings on their four sides they had the hands of a man. All four of them had faces and wings,

Ezekiel 1:9​

and their wings touched one another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved.

Ezekiel 1:11​

Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out upward; each had two wings, one touching the wing of another creature on either side, and two wings covering its body.

Ezekiel 1:23​

Under the expanse their wings were stretched out one toward the other, and each had two wings covering its body.
 
jmcrae said:
On the building of the Ark:

Exodus 25:20​

The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.

Exodus 37:9​

The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.

1 Kings 6:24​

One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing five cubits—ten cubits from wing tip to wing tip.

1 Kings 6:27​

He placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple, with their wings spread out. The wing of one cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the other touched the other wall, and their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.

1 Kings 8:6​

The priests then brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

1 Kings 8:7​

The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles.

1 Chronicles 28:18​

and the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense. He also gave him the plan for the chariot, that is, the cherubim of gold that spread their wings and shelter the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 3:11​

The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub.

2 Chronicles 3:12​

Similarly one wing of the second cherub was five cubits long and touched the other temple wall, and its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub.

2 Chronicles 3:13​

The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.

2 Chronicles 5:7​

The priests then brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

2 Chronicles 5:6-8
The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its carrying poles.

And in the Temple:

Isaiah 6:2
Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.

And in the vision of Ezekiel:

Ezekiel 1:6​

but each of them had four faces and four wings.

Ezekiel 1:8​

Under their wings on their four sides they had the hands of a man. All four of them had faces and wings,

Ezekiel 1:9​

and their wings touched one another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved.

Ezekiel 1:11​

Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out upward; each had two wings, one touching the wing of another creature on either side, and two wings covering its body.

Ezekiel 1:23​

Under the expanse their wings were stretched out one toward the other, and each had two wings covering its body.
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Thanks. I really like the description of seraphs. What about archangels. Gabriel is depicted in art as having wings.
 
San Gabriel is often depicted as a messenger, so it would seem that having wings would help him reach his destination quickly.
San Miguel, another archangel, is also depicted with wings, and a sword.
 
The Catholic Encyclopedia has a long article on angels.
Sorry, as a “computer illiterate” I don’t know how to post a link, but do know it is easy to Google.
 
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danaemariejoan said:
I was just wondering.
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Muslims believe in angels , it’s part of our faith.

few verses on angels :

“…Whoever disbelieves in Allaah, His angels, His books, His messengers, and the Last Day has certainly gone far astray.”
[Quran: 4:136]

Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: “I will create a vicegerent on earth.” chapter 2 , verse 30

And behold, We said to the angels: “Bow down to Adam” and they bowed down. Not so Iblis: he refused and was haughty: He was of those who reject Faith ( 2:34)

Surah 35. The Angels, Orignator

Praise be to Allah, Who created (out of nothing) the heavens and the earth, Who made the angels, messengers with wings,- two, or three, or four (pairs): He adds to Creation as He pleases: for Allah has power over all things.
(Fatir 35:1)

“Say: the Angel of Death, put in charge of you, will (duly) take your souls, then shall you be brought back to your Lord.” (Quran 32:11)

And thou wilt see the angels surrounding the Throne (Divine) on all sides, singing Glory and Praise to their Lord. The Decision between them (at Judgment) will be in (perfect) justice, and the cry (on all sides) will be, “Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!” 39:75
 
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