All About
Angels
BY
ANTHONY SULAVIK
The Knights of Columbus presents
The Veritas Series
“Proclaiming the Faith in the Third Millennium”
General Editor
Reverend Gabriel B. O’Donnell, O.P.
Director of the Catholic Information Service
Knights of Columbus Supreme Council
Imprimatur
Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D.
Archbishop of Hartford
November 8, 1999
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Cover: The Archangel Michael (14th c.). Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow,
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CONTENTS
What Catholics Believe About Angels ...................................... 5
The Visible .............................................................................. 5
The Invisible ........................................................................... 6
Creation, Angels and Christ..................................................... 6
Angels in the Bible.................................................................. 8
The Old Testament.................................................................. 9
The New Testament .............................................................. 11
The Church’s Doctrinal Statements on Angels ....................... 12
Catholic Theology ................................................................. 13
Angel: Myth or Legend?....................