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The articles explore angels as both religious beings and cultural symbols. Catholic teaching describes them as powerful spiritual messengers and protectors, while biblical accounts range from humanlike visitors to awe-inspiring, many-faced creatures. That variety poses a challenge for artists, whose depictions have often helped teach scripture; Louis Comfort Tiffany’s stained-glass windows of the seven angels in Revelation offer a notable American example. Angels also appear in political thought: James Madison’s claim that government would be unnecessary if people were angels expresses the view that government restrains human flaws, a premise the Catholic Herald essay connects to Hobbes’s account of social order.