Throne (angel)

[2] Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in his work De Coelesti Hierarchia includes the thrones as the third highest of nine levels of angels.

[4] According to Matthew Bunson, the corresponding order of angels in Judaism is called the abalim or erelim,[5] but this opinion is far from universal.

[citation needed] The function ascribed to erelim in Isaiah 33:7 and in Jewish folklore[6] is not consistent with the lore surrounding the thrones.

Rosemary Ellen Guiley (1996: p. 37) states that: The 'thrones'; also known as 'ophanim' (offanim) and 'galgallin', are creatures that function as the actual chariots of God driven by the cherubs.

Thrones are depicted as great wheels containing many eyes, and reside in the area of the cosmos where material form begins to take shape.