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The highest order of the first celestial hierarchy; angels characterized by purifying fire and closest proximity to God.

Primary text: Celestial Hierarchy VII

Darkness; when applied to God, refers to the divine darkness that transcends all light and knowledge.

Primary text: Mystical Theology I

Wisdom; divine wisdom that orders creation and makes divine knowledge possible through hierarchical revelation.

Primary text: Divine Names VII

Symbol; material or conceptual reality that participates in and reveals higher divine truth within the hierarchical order.

Primary text: Celestial Hierarchy II

Assembly or gathering; the liturgical coming-together of the ecclesiastical hierarchy for sacramental participation in divine reality.

Primary text: Ecclesiastical Hierarchy III. Part II