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2ndcommandment ambrose ames aquinas augustine barker bavinck beale beeke berkhof bernard beza bierma bolton boston bower brakel bridge bucey burgess butner calvin carmichael carpenter carson casselli charnock cho christ clark confessionalism confessions davenant davis decampos dennison dickson dolezal dpoythress duby duguid dunnam durham farrel ferguson fesko flavel fortunato frame gaffin gamble garcia garner gatiss gerstner giles gillespie gonzalez goodwin gootjes gouge guthrie henry hiestand history hperkins jacomb jones jue kevan klauber kline knox krans kruger lane leigh letham lewis lillback lindberg luther lynch mackay manetsch marriage mcgrath mcgraw mcwilliams muller murray oberman oliphint opc osborne owen packer pentecost perkins phillips pictet poythress predestination ralphdavis rcross resurrection roberts roney rutherford salazar shannon shedd sibbes silva sinnema spiritualgifts sproul strange svisser swain synopsis teellinck theonomy thompson tipton trueman tuckney turretin urcna vanasselt vandixhoorn vanmastricht vanraalte vantil venema versteeg vos waddington wallace warfield watson white whitman willemteellinck williams witsius woolsey zwingli { timeline }

Irenaeus and the Rank of Angels

The angels are above us only provisionally. When the divine purpose is fulfilled in the human creature, we shall be above the angels; for our communion with God will be closer than theirs. The function of angels is similar to that of a tutor guiding the first steps of a prince. Although the tutor is temporarily in charge of the prince, eventually the prince will rule even the tutor.

 

Gonzalez, Justo L. (2014-11-25). The Story of Christianity: Volume 1 (Kindle Locations 1626-1629). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition.


2ndcommandment ambrose ames aquinas augustine barker bavinck beale beeke berkhof bernard beza bierma bolton boston bower brakel bridge bucey burgess butner calvin carmichael carpenter carson casselli charnock cho christ clark confessionalism confessions davenant davis decampos dennison dickson dolezal dpoythress duby duguid dunnam durham farrel ferguson fesko flavel fortunato frame gaffin gamble garcia garner gatiss gerstner giles gillespie gonzalez goodwin gootjes gouge guthrie henry hiestand history hperkins jacomb jones jue kevan klauber kline knox krans kruger lane leigh letham lewis lillback lindberg luther lynch mackay manetsch marriage mcgrath mcgraw mcwilliams muller murray oberman oliphint opc osborne owen packer pentecost perkins phillips pictet poythress predestination ralphdavis rcross resurrection roberts roney rutherford salazar shannon shedd sibbes silva sinnema spiritualgifts sproul strange svisser swain synopsis teellinck theonomy thompson tipton trueman tuckney turretin urcna vanasselt vandixhoorn vanmastricht vanraalte vantil venema versteeg vos waddington wallace warfield watson white whitman willemteellinck williams witsius woolsey zwingli { timeline }