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Since the 17th century, October 2nd has been the feast day of the Holy Guardian Angels. An opportunity for Faith Taken at its Word to take a close interest in these intermediary creatures between God and men. Their descriptions and representations are multiple: sometimes messengers, sometimes protectors, sometimes fighters against the forces of evil. According to Dionysius and Thomas Aquinas, there is a celestial hierarchy that divides them into 9 classes. From the Seraphim to the Cherubim, including the Thrones and the Virtues, who are they and what do we know about them? Saint Michael, Saint Raphael and Saint Gabriel are the best known, what about their devotion today? To talk about it, Father Daniel Doré, Eudist and biblical scholar at the Issy-les-Moulineaux seminary, and Philippe Faure, historian at the University of Orléans. Faith Taken at its Word of 02/10/2011.