Throne (angel)
In Christian angelology, thrones are a class of angels. This is based on an interpretation of. According to 1 Peter 3:21-22, Christ had gone to Heaven and "angels and authorities and powers" had been made subject to him.
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite includes the thrones as the third highest of 9 levels of angels.Christian angelology
According to Matthew Bunson, the corresponding order of angels in Judaism is called the abalim or arelim/erelim, but this opinion is far from unrivaled. The Hebrew word erelim is usually not translated "thrones", but rather "valiant ones", "heroes", "warriors". The function ascribed to erelim in and in Jewish folklore is not consistent with the lore surrounding the thrones.
Thrones are sometimes equated with ophanim since the throne of God is usually depicted as being moved by wheels, as in the vision of . Rosemary Ellen Guiley states that:
