Fallen angel Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Orthodox Christianity === ==== Eastern Orthodox Christianity ==== Like Catholicism, [[Eastern Orthodox Christianity]] shares the basic belief in fallen angels as spiritual beings who rebel against God. Unlike Catholicism, however, there is no established doctrine about the exact nature of fallen angels, but Eastern Orthodox Christianity unanimously agrees that the power of fallen angels is always inferior to God. Therefore, belief in fallen angels can always be assimilated with local lore, as long it does not break basic principles and is in line with the Bible.<ref>Charles Stewart ''Demons and the Devil: Moral Imagination in Modern Greek Culture'' Princeton University Press 2016 {{ISBN|978-1-4008-8439-1}} p. 141</ref> Historically, some theologians even tend to suggest that fallen angels [[Christian universalism|could be rehabilitated]] in the ''[[world to come]]''.<ref>Ernst Benz ''The Eastern Orthodox Church: Its Thought and Life'' Routledge 2017 {{ISBN|978-1-351-30474-0}} p. 52</ref> Fallen angels, just like angels, play a significant role in the spiritual life of believers. As in Catholicism, fallen angels [[Temptation|tempt]] and incite people into [[sin]], but mental illness is also linked to fallen angels.<ref name="ReferenceJ">Sergiĭ Bulgakov ''The Orthodox Church'' St Vladimir's Seminary Press 1988 {{ISBN|978-0-88141-051-8}} p. 128</ref> Those who have reached an advanced degree of spirituality are even thought to be able to envision them.<ref name="ReferenceJ" /> [[Ritual]]s and [[sacrament]]s performed by Eastern Orthodoxy are thought to weaken such demonic influences.<ref>Charles Stewart ''Demons and the Devil: Moral Imagination in Modern Greek Culture'' Princeton University Press 2016 {{ISBN|978-1-4008-8439-1}} p. 147</ref> ==== Ethiopian Church ==== Unlike most other Churches, the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church|Ethiopian Church]] accepts 1 Enoch and the ''Book of Jubilees'' as canonical.<ref>Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Gabriele Boccaccini ''Enoch and the Synoptic Gospels: Reminiscences, Allusions, Intertextuality'' SBL Press 2016 {{ISBN|978-0-88414-118-1}} p. 133</ref> As a result, the Church believes that human sin does not originate in Adam's transgression alone, but also from Satan and other fallen angels. Together with demons, they continue to cause sin and corruption on earth.<ref>James H. Charlesworth ''The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha'' Hendrickson Publishers 2010 {{ISBN|978-1-59856-491-4}} p. 10</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page