There are plenty of quotations from Reformed theologians affirming that Adam had the Holy Spirit before the fall (I think the logic is very simple, given that Jesus was filled with the Spirit as well), but my question is whether anyone speaks the same way of angels?
Personally, I do agree with...
I recently started reading Bonaventure's "Itinerarium" and at the beginning he says the work was inspired by an encounter his mentor, Francis of Assisi had with a seraphim who appeared to him crucified and then marked Francis with the stigmata. I am just curious as to how we are to think of such...
In his Brief Exposition of the Lord's Prayer, Thomas Hooker uses the angels in his exposition of "on earth as it is in heaven". He says that we should emulate them in the manner of their obedience, i.e. READILY, SPEEDILY, FAITHFULLY (THE WHOLE), EXACTLY AS GOD REQUIRES, CONSTANTLY. Now I know...