Midnight Centurion

The main body of written theology on angels and demons besides the canonical scriptures are the writings of Pseudo Dionysius the Areopagite who categorize angels into 9 choirs. Angels are believed to be pure spirit beings; it is held that they do not have physical bodies and communicate and bilocate through thought. This interpretation is taken from Ephesians 6:12 . While there are many descriptions of angels in the Bible most theologians teach that because angels do not have bodies the descriptions given in the Bible are describing their nature. Because it is believed angels do not have physical bodies they are considered incapable of reproduction with human beings or other creatures. This however can be an area of disagreement since some of the Patristic Fathers believed the Nephililim were the offspring of Fallen Angels and that the Demons are the disembodied spirits of Giants who were wiped out in the flood. The earliest Church Father Justin Martyr 100-165 AD wrote about this in th...

The origin of mankind, at least the very specifics are a mystery to believers and those of the secular world. Much of our history has been lost to time and there is much debate since Darwin's theory of evolution. For Catholics there is no dogmatic teaching on the exact details of how God created the universe and the world; the faithful can freely choose to believe in evolution or creationism. Sadly there is much debate and anger on this subject. People from various christian traditions have lost their faith when scandalized by science because of a fundamental belief or upbringing in a literal biblical interpretation of scripture. On the other side of the same coin are those who do not lose their faith but reject science entirely.  Historically both Jewish and Christian fathers of faith have taught that the biblical canon is made up of different types of books ranging from literal to allegorical or prophetic. Some of these ancient teachers taught that the days of creatio...