Category:Angel

An angel (from the Greek ἄγγελος   ángelos , "messenger") is a  supernatural   being or  spirit , often depicted in humanoid form with feathered wings on their backs and halos around their heads, found in various  religions   and  mythologies .

<p style="margin:6pt0cm;line-height:16.8pt;background:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The theological study of angels is known as "angelology". In  <span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Zoroastrianism <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">  <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">and  <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Abrahamic religions <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">  <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">they are often depicted as benevolent celestial beings who act as intermediaries between  <span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Heaven <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">  <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">and  <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Earth <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">, or as  <span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">guardian spirits <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">  <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">or a guiding influence.

<p style="margin:6pt0cm;line-height:16.8pt;background:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The term "angel" has also been expanded to various notions of spirits found in many other religious traditions. Other roles of angels include protecting and guiding human beings, and carrying out  <span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">God <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">'s tasks.

<p style="margin:6pt0cm;line-height:16.8pt;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In art, angels <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">  <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">are often depicted with  <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">bird <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-like wings on their back, a  <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">halo <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">, robes and various forms of glowing  <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">light <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">.