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Now, there are angels in the Bible.  But if you encountered some of the angels it describes, you'd probably need a shotgun under your bed to sleep soundly for the rest of your life.*

*NOTE: That is a joke.  If angels turn out to be real, and you encounter one, do not shoot it with a shotgun.

There are several kinds of angels in the Bible and you've probably heard about some of them, like Archangels, Cherubim and Seraphim.  They all look different, and very few actually have wings.  Those who do, like the Seraphim, actually have six wings and need all of them to cover their body, lest they blind/incinerate whoever is unlucky enough to bump into one.


This is a seraph, trying with all its might not to burn you alive.


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Then we have the cutest order of angels, the Cherubim.  As we all know, a cherub is a baby angel, usually with a little bow and arrow and a leaf protecting his modesty.  Except that Ezekiel 10:14 describes them as frightening four-headed monstrosities that included the faces of a man, an eagle and a lion.




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Cherubs in particular didn't get their extreme makeover until Renaissance sculptors revived the ancient practice of putti, which depicted cute babies dancing and playing around on infant tombs.  The rediscovery and reimplementation of these little cuties brought Cupid-esque cherubs into vogue, as demonstrated by Tomba di Ilaria del Carretto:


Whaddya know?  Those dancing naked babies do make this tomb less unsettling.


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Orthodox icon of nine orders of angels


First Sphere
     Seraphim
     Cherubim
     Thrones or Ophanim
Second Sphere
     Dominions
     Virtues
     Powers or Authorities
Third Sphere
     Principalities or Rulers
     Archangels
     Angels


--Wiki

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Raphael's famous cherubs

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A putto (plural putti) is a figure of a human baby or toddler, almost always male, often naked and having wings, found especially in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art. The figure derives from ancient art but was rediscovered in the early Quattrocento. Putti are distinct from cherubim, but some English-speakers confuse them with each other, except that in the plural, "the Cherubim" refers to the biblical angels, while "cherubs" is used more often to refer to the child-like representations (putti) or in figurative senses. Putti are allegorical, non-literal figures, and later in Christian art came to represent the omnipresence of God. A putto representing a cupid is also called an amorino (plural amorini). --Wiki

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Kini ang supercute nga angel... 

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