It’s time for our Patreon-selected topic for the quarter, and this one’s so big it’ll take up two episodes! Our topic this week is angels, and with so much material to work with we just had to break this topic up. This episode has relatively little pure gaming content, because we had to push all of that off until next week! First, though, we talk about recording another session with City on a Hill Gaming, and Peter’s side quest episode, as well as a brief note about Grant’s upcoming Vampire game.
Our Patreon question this week comes from Kenning, who asks, “What is your favorite movie to talk about? Not necessarily a good movie, but an interesting one to talk about?”
After quite a lot of Scripture to read—turns out there’s plenty of verses about angels!—we tackle our main topic: Angels and angelology! What even are angels? What’s their purpose? What do we know about them, and from what sources? How do they appear in popular culture? And why do we care about the opinions of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite on the matter?
Mentioned in this episode: Gustav Davidson’s A Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels, Gill’s Exposition of the Bible, STG 110, “Spiritual Warfare (with Rev. Derek White)”, Min/Max Podcast #83, “Devastation: By Kobold”
Scripture: Genesis 3:23-24, 2 Kings 6:17, Isaiah 6:1-4, Ezekiel 1:4-21, Daniel 10:5-14, Luke 2:8-14, Colossians 1:16
One thought on “Episode 147 – Angels and Angelology”
Another excellent episode, folks. A few random points:
– Jenny mentioned in the beginning that she doesn’t believe in the supernatural, which resonated with me. I’ve been pondering this question for awhile, and I think it comes down to how you define the word “supernatural.” I’ve encountered two definitions that fit:
One says that something is supernatural if its cause is not generally understood. Thus, anything that remains unexplained is supernatural (presumably until such a time as it can be explained.)
The other says that something is supernatural if it *has no* cause. By that definition, there is only one thing that is supernatural: God. Everything else has a cause.
– Kudos for discussing Lewis’ space trilogy. It’s fantastic, although not for children!
– If anyone is interested in more angelology, my favorite, most accessible talk on them, from a Thomistic perspective, is this one by Peter Kreeft:
https://youtu.be/rjGU4tvgayw