It has been necessary to dwell on this question of the structure of the celestial world because it was to play an important part in Jewish Christian dogmatic teaching. Indeed, the principal dogmas were formulated in terms of cosmology. The incarnation was presented as a descent of the Word through the angelic spheres; the Passion as Christ’s combat with the angels of the air, followed by the descent into Hell; the Resurrection as an exaltation of Christ’s humanity above all the angelic spheres; and on its way encountering their guardians, to whom it would have to render account. All these
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