Angels

Panserborn

Howye

I've heard there are nine orders (choirs?) of Angels and anytime I go looking on the internet nobody can seem to agree on which Angel is in which order, the actual number of orders, the number and membership of the Archangels and if the Archangels are also members of other orders.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Stark

oasis.god.ie?

Where do the people you've looked up on the internet claim to get their information? We seem to have sketchy enough knowledge on the big issues in Christianity, I doubt any information about the micro-structure of angel orders would get passed down through the ages.

Manach

Angels are mentioned in the bible and are reckoned to be spiritual beings between humans and God (Gabriel, Michael & Raphael are the only ones named). I believe is was St. Thomas who mentioned the 9 choirs of angels, but I don't know in what context.
From my studies ( ) of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series, fallen angels refer to those who rebelled against God.

Talliesin

A lot of angel lore comes from sources outside of Christian scripture, the Qaballah in particular, apocryphal books (the Book of Enoch in particular) the writings of John Dee, the Clavicula Salomonis etc. and local folk-lore from various places throughout Christendom.

athena 2000

St. Thomas Aquinas wrote about angels and their orders, including divine government and its organization in his Summa Theologiae. The 'Treatise on The Angels' and the 'Treatise on The Divine Government' are sections in this work. How accurate it is is another thing, but you might find it interesting reading.