Angels: Roles and Choices
For Faith & Life, Grade 7, Chapter 3: explore what angels are, how a free choice distinguishes faithful from fallen angels, and four biblical examples of their service.
Faith & Life · Grade 7 · Chapter 3
Created beings with a choice and a mission
Choose a description, explore the two paths, then identify angels in Scripture. Open the references as you go.
01 / Identity
What is an angel?
Choose the description that fits the Church’s teaching.
Choose one description.
02 / Free choice
Faithful and fallen angels
All angels were created good. Open both paths to see how their choices differ.
Faithful angels serve God. Scripture shows them as messengers and helpers within God’s plan.
Fallen angels rejected God by a free choice. They were created good; God did not create them evil.
0 of 2 paths explored
03 / Encounters in Scripture
Who appears in each scene?
Choose a name for each scene. Open the passage after finding the match.
Discuss: What do these different encounters have in common? How do angels direct attention toward God?
Optional: the nine choirs of angels
Saint Thomas Aquinas discusses a traditional arrangement of nine angelic orders in three groups. These names are part of theological reflection; Scripture does not lay out the complete chart as a single list.
- First groupSeraphim · Cherubim · Thrones
- Second groupDominions · Virtues · Powers
- Third groupPrincipalities · Archangels · Angels