The Holy Angels – Our Companions for all Eternity!

02/27/2024
|By Fr. Timothy Joseph Ring, EP

Summary of the Module

 

Perfectly intelligent, incapable of suffering, immortal, able to act without effort, to know without studying, and to communicate by telepathy… These are the dreams of all humans of all ages. In our own days, the crazy quest of technology seeks to realize these impossible fantasies. But, such beings really do exist! And we have a lot to learn from them and a lot to gain from this knowledge! These are the Holy Angels.

In this first module of the three-part-course on the Holy Angels, we will enter into the fascinating and thrilling world of the Holy Angels. Do angels exist? Can we know that for sure? When did they come into being? Do they have bodies of some kind? Do they nourish themselves? How do they multiply? Can they know God, know each other, know us? Are they capable of love?

Synthesizing revealed doctrine from Scripture, tradition and magisterial teachings with theological and philosophical speculation, in this course, we’ll try to answer all these questions about these members of our universe, who will share heaven with us for all eternity, if we make it there. And they’re here to help us do just that.

Join us on this course as we undertake a unique journey into little explored zones of the universe: the spiritual world of the angels.

 

Fr. Timothy Joseph Ring, EP Fr. Timothy Joseph Ring, EP

Fr. Timothy Joseph Ring is originally from St. Louis, Missouri. From a deeply religious and Catholic family, he began his vocational journey at the relatively young age of 16, when he consecrated himself to Jesus through Mary, following the method of St. Louis de Montfort. After 20 years as a consecrated layman in the Heralds of the Gospel, he was ordained as a priest in 2006. He has served the community in missions in different parts of the globe: in North and South America, as well as in Europe. His native language is English, but he also speaks Italian, Spanish and Portuguese fluently.

Course Lessons

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Lesson 1: Light in the darkness – a spiritual combat!

The history of creation began even before we humans made our appearance on the scene. But, it began with a great war…
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Lesson 2: Angels – Do they really exist?

In this second lesson of the course, Fr. Timothy Ring begins to deal with the important question of the existence of the Angels. In our materialistic world…
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Lesson 3: Proofs for the existence of Angels from revelation

We do not owe the faith that we Catholics profess simply to reason, but to the authority of God who reveals them through the Church…
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Lesson 4: Angels – Can we prove their existence from reason?

The existence of Angels is an article of our faith, and we should believe it simply because of the authority of the Church. But, faith and reason are both about truth…
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Lesson 5: Creation and Number of the Angels

When did the Angels come into existence? Were they created by God? How can we know anything about this?…
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Lesson 6: Angelic Nature I

To understand a nature that is superior to us seems an impossible mental game. But, what we believe must have at least some foundation in reason…
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Lesson 7: Angelic Nature II

How many Angels can dance on a pinhead at the same time? A literary giant once asked this question to mock those who study Angelology…
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Lesson 8: Angelic Knowledge I

For us to try to understand angelic knowledge might seem a little like a pet trying to understand its owner. Well, that’s the kind of intellectual adventure…
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Lesson 9: Angelic Knowledge II

Do Angels really know everything? Can the Angels read our minds? Do they know the future? What do they know about God’s plans…
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Lesson 10: Angelic Will

To end this first module of the course on the Angels, we’ll be talking about the angelic will. Do Angels have free will? Do they love?…

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