Seraphim
Sort order: 1
Full count in tradition: 4 (Isaiah 6:2)
Description: Six-winged angels around the throne.
Angel choirs
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The nine traditional choirs of angels, plus the app’s working categories for beings that do not fit them.
The nine-choir hierarchy is from Pseudo-Dionysius, De Coelesti Hierarchia (c. 5th-6th century AD), not from scripture. "Other" and "Fallen Angels" are working categories this app adds so that Watchers and unplaced beings have a home.
Angel choirs (11)
Cherubim
Sort order: 2
Full count in tradition: 2 (Ezekiel 10); many in tradition
Description: Guardians of the throne; knowledge and wisdom.
Thrones
Sort order: 3
Full count in tradition: countless
Description: Heavenly thrones; divine judgment and justice.
Dominions
Sort order: 4
Full count in tradition: countless
Description: Governance of lower angels; divine order.
Virtues
Sort order: 5
Full count in tradition: countless
Description: Miracles and grace; courage.
Powers
Sort order: 6
Full count in tradition: countless
Description: War against evil; strength.
Principalities
Sort order: 7
Full count in tradition: countless
Description: Guardian princes; nations and leaders.
Archangels
Sort order: 8
Full count in tradition: 4 (often named: Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel)
Description: Highest rank of angels; four often named in scripture; seven in Eastern Orthodox.
Angels
Sort order: 9
Full count in tradition: countless
Description: Messengers; guardians; lowest order of the nine choirs.
Other
Sort order: 99
Full count in tradition: Various in human knowledge
Description: Angels attested by title or role in tradition.
Fallen Angels
Sort order: 10
Full count in tradition: 200 (1 Enoch); 300 in some traditions; 20 named leaders
Description: Fallen Watchers (Grigori), rebels, adversarial spirits.