Word: cherubim
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Male or Female? The author's literary pilgrimage takes her through diverting patches of angelic lore. Biblically speaking, most angels are confined to the hierarchical ranks in heaven-seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions, powers, etc. Only the lowest ranks, archangels and angels, have ever had contact with man, appearing as messengers and ministers of God, especially at crucial moments when things had to be done that defied human logic-opening the Red Sea, for example, so that the children of Israel could pass. But no scriptural source deals adequately with such practical matters as what angels wore, what they really...
...assuming responsibility for the selection of the students, we also assume some of the responsibility for their conduct in Ceylon," Victor Cherubim, Ceylonese coordinator of the program, pointed out. "If there are any duds, it will be our fault," he said...
...Cherubim isn't expecting any "duds." His program calls for an unspecified number of qualified teachers; and Ceylon's concern is not with the quantity of teachers, but rather with their ability, he stated...
...Cherubim said he hopes that about 10 Harvard students will be selected for the plan. He noted that application blanks, now available at 1145 Massachusetts Ave., must be submitted by April...
...Nigeria, a national "church" that sprang up in the '40s has largely subsided, but natives flock to such offshoots as the Commercial Vision Seeing, the Father Divine Apostolic, and the Cherubim and Seraphim churches. Lagos has its local "Jesus" in one Emmanuel Odumosu, who insists on strict abstinence from alcohol but has seven wives and rides in a luxurious Pontiac car driven by a chauffeur...