“To every man there are two attending angels, the one of justice and the
other of wickedness. If there be good thoughts in our heart, and if
righteousness be welling up in our soul, it can scarcely be doubted that an
angel of the Lord is speaking to us. If, however, the thoughts of our heart
be turned to evil, an angel of the Devil is speaking to us.”
St. Hilary of Poitiers, Commentaries on the Psalms On Ps. 129 (130)
7 (c. 365 AD)
“We recall that there are many spiritual powers, to whom the name angels
is given, or presidents of churches. There are, according to John, angels of
the Churches in Asia. And there were, as Moses bears witness, when the
sons of Adam were separated, bounds appointed for the peoples according
to the number of the angels. And, as the Lord teaches, there are for little
children, angels who see God daily. There are, as Raphael told Tobias,
angels assisting before the majesty of God, carrying to God the prayers of
suppliants. Mention is made of all this, because you might wish to
understand these angels as the eyes, or the ears, or the hands, or the feet of
God ... It is not the nature of God, but the weakness of men, which requires
their service. For they are sent for the sake of those who will inherit
salvation. God is not unaware of anything that we do; but in our weakness
we are impoverished for a minister of spiritual intercession in the matter of
beseeching and propitiating.”
St. Basil the Great, Against Eunomius 3, 1(c. 364 AD)
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