The Creation Of The Spirit World (3): Their Nature

Secondly, the angels are spiritual and incorporeal beings. With respect to this point there has not always been unanimity of opinion. The Jews and many of the early Church Fathers ascribed to the angels airy or fiery bodies. The Synod of Nicea, 787, declared its agreement with a certain John of Thessalonica who opined that the angels had fine, delicate bodies, and with another who stated that the angels were limited as far as space is concerned and had appeared in the form of men and could...