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De Coelesti Hierarchia is a Pseudo-Dionysian work onangelology, written in Greek and dated to ca. the 5th century CE; it exerted great influence on scholasticism and treats at great length the hierarchies of angels. The work has also been very influential in the development ofOrthodox Christian theology. Thomas Aquinas (Summa Theologica, I.108) follows the Hierarchia (6.7) in dividing the angels into three hierarchies each of which contains three orders, based on their proximity to God, corresponding to the nine orders of angels recognized by Pope St Gregory I. 1. Seraphim, Cherubim, and...

The Neoplatonic statements of Pseudo-Dionysius on the topic of theosis and the heavenly hierarchies form one of the major texts of the Corpus Areopagiticum. Written in antiquity, although not at the early dates sometimes ascribed to these works, the philosophy professes to become godlike through ones' daily practices. Even the structure of the human body is, here, likened to the divine. Through these concepts one is said to be able to draw closer to, and become more a part of, their deity.