Powers
An angelic order of the second hierarchy, traditionally associated with maintaining divine order and restraining hostile spiritual powers.
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Trumpeting Angel
An angel blowing a trumpet, especially associated with resurrection, apocalyptic revelation, and the Last Judgment.
Principalities
An angelic order of the third hierarchy, traditionally associated with leadership, peoples, realms, and the administration of divine ministries.
Angel at the Tomb
An angelic figure at Christ's empty tomb announcing the Resurrection to the women, a major Easter image in Christian art.
Ophanim
The wheel-like beings of Ezekiel's visions, often described as intersecting wheels full of eyes; later angelological traditions sometimes associate them with the order of Thrones.
Angel of the Resurrection
An angelic attendant in Resurrection imagery, announcing, witnessing, or framing Christ's triumph over death.
Heavenly Host
The collective multitude of angels understood as the army or assembled company of heaven, often represented in dense celestial groups around Christ, the Virgin, or scenes of glory.
Angel of the Last Judgment
An angel participating in images of the Last Judgment, commonly blowing trumpets, carrying instruments, separating souls, or attending Christ as Judge.
Angelophany
An appearance or manifestation of an angel to a human being, a recurring narrative structure in biblical and Christian sacred art.
Putto
A small nude child figure derived from classical Eros or genius imagery and revived in Renaissance art; putti may function as secular spirits, decorative figures, or Christianized attendants but are not literally the biblical order of Cherubim.