In the impression of orthodox believers in European and American countries, angels should be fat children without clothes, with a halo on their head, a pair of flapping white wings behind them, and some small musical instruments in their hands.
This is a very classic post-Renaissance angel image, which can be seen in many paintings and sculptures.
On this basis, human-shaped angel images have also become popular, most of which are images of white robes, apertures, and wings, and this has become the most intuitive impression of angels for most people.
But in fact, angels don't look like this.
There is this description in Chapter 6 of the Book of Isaiah in the Old Testament: “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne high and high, and His garments were hanging down, covering the temple.
There were seraphim standing on it, each with six wings, covering his face with two wings, covering his feet with two wings, and flying with two wings."
Seraphim are the so-called Seraphim, the highest-ranking angel.
Even in the New Testament, there is a similar description: "Each of the four living creatures had six wings, and their bodies were covered with eyes both inside and outside. They kept saying Holy, Holy, Holy day and night."
In short, the image of Seraph in the Bible is that of a person whose whole body is burning with flames, has six pairs of wings, and is covered with eyes. Two wings cover his face, two wings cover his feet, and two wings are used to cover his face.
Lai Fei kept saying "Holy, Holy, Holy" all day long.
As for the images of angels in the Old Testament and the book of Ezekiel, they are even more bizarre: "They were like men, each with four faces and four wings. Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like calves' hooves, and they were as bright as light.
copper."
"Under the four wings were human hands. The faces and wings of these four living creatures were like this. Their wings were connected to each other and they walked without turning around. Each of them walked straight forward."
"As for the shape of the faces, each one has a human face in front, a lion's face on each right side, an ox's face on each left side, and an eagle's face behind each. Each has its upper two wings spread out and meet each other, and each has its lower two wings.
The wings cover the body.”
"It was like the shape of burning coals, and like the shape of torches. The fire went up and down among the four living creatures, and the fire had brightness, and out of the fire came lightnings."
"Beside each face of the living creature, there was a wheel on the ground. The shape and color of the wheel were like beryl. The four wheels were all of the same shape, and their shape and shape were like a wheel within a wheel."
"As for the rims, they are high and formidable. There are eyes all around the four rims."
It is conceivable that if you look at angels from today's perspective, what kind of twisted and weird thing they are.
And now, summoned by the church, what appears over the city of Rome is a cherubim with eyes that looks like four wheels superimposed on top of each other.
Outside the city of Rome, watching the wheel-shaped cherubim descending with flames and lightning, Littorio's face became a little unsightly, and he asked a silver-faced lich next to him: "Do you have any way to deal with it?
This angel?"
It's not that Littorio is afraid of angels or God, it's just that she has never faced an enemy like this before, and she doesn't know what kind of ability and power the enemy has, so she feels a little unsure.
"It's just a Cherubim. Your Majesty has already prepared for this." The silver-faced lich was already prepared for this. While nodding, he also ordered to the other lichs standing behind him: "Prepare the summoning spell.
Array, summon the Death Weapon Divine Guard."
The lichs of the mages took the order and left, while the space warriors on the other side immediately expressed their readiness for battle.
Gu Jing
For these Space Marine veterans, coming to this world is like coming to a garden world in the Warhammer universe.
Everything here is so beautiful, especially when I heard from Chen Mo that this was ancient Terra in another world, which made the loyal warrior have a special impression of this planet.
Of course, this good impression will not affect their behavior, it just makes them cherish this planet more.
When they received the order and were about to go into battle, these space warriors were not only full of enthusiasm for fighting, but also had a sense of honor and sanctity of fighting in ancient Terra.
They all regard this battle as a battle of honor, even if they are facing only ordinary mortals, who are too weak compared to the enemies they have faced before.
But when the angel who looked like a wheel with eyes appeared, these Space Marines were furious.
"How blasphemous is that! Your Majesty, such an evil thing is actually called an angel?!" The battle team sent by the Dark Angels has a priest. Although the Space Marine's priest is not a priest of the Imperial Church,
But he also has absolute loyalty and belief in the Emperor, and is undoubtedly full of anger and hostility towards this completely non-human "monster" in front of him.
Even the Chaplain, who should remain rational and calm among the Chapter, is full of anger and wants to purify the "evil". It is completely understandable what the attitude of other Space Marines is.
Especially the Space Marines of the Blood Angels, they are too sensitive to the word angel. When they heard that the angels in religious mythology looked like their own original bodies, they almost fell into black rage.
I want to purify the image of all winged people on this planet.
At this time, the church did not know that Chen Mo had already prepared the means to deal with the angels, and was currently carrying out the ritual of summoning the angels to come very enthusiastically.
Although the highest-ranking Seraphim was not summoned, a Cherubeus, who is also one of the upper-level third-level angels, is considered by the church to be enough to solve the situation facing the church.
Compared with the previous generation of popes who were unwilling to use these holy relics to restore the prestige of the church, this generation of popes is quite disapproving of it.
In his opinion, instead of sitting in the holy treasury and gathering ashes, these holy objects should be used to contribute to the cause of the church.
Of course, he was also opposed to using holy objects to fight the army, because it was meaningless.
But now the cardinals of the church have been insulted and the face of the church has been trampled on. At this time, summoning an angel to come can not only show miracles, but also punish heretics, remind the world of the greatness of the church again, and reduce the declining influence of the church.
be maintained and improved.
This is something that can serve multiple purposes and can also solve the current dilemma the church is facing.
Therefore, when the current pope instructed one of his confidants to make this suggestion, he quickly obtained the consent of all the cardinals, opened the holy treasury, took out the deepest holy relics, and held a ceremony to summon the angel to descend.
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When the Cherubim truly arrives, a selected devout nun will be offered on the altar, becoming a sacrifice and also becoming a carrier for angels to walk in the world.
As the huge body of the Cherubim merged into the nun's body, a pair of white wings spread out behind her, and the sacred brilliance flowed through her body.
Seeing this sacred scene, all the clergy and believers shouted: "Holy! Holy! Holy!"
