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Faith Q&A › Catechism › 3. Faith in God and Our Knowledge of Him

Do the angels, as far as they are able, see God?

The answer

St. Cyril of Jerusalem says, “What then, some man will say, is it not written, ‘The little ones’ Angels do always behold the face of My Father which is in heaven’ (Matt. 18:10)? Yes, but the Angels see God not as He is, but as far as they themselves are capable. For it is Jesus Himself who says, ‘Not that any man has seen the Father, save He which is of God, He has seen the Father’ (John 6:46)”353

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

353 St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures 6.6 (NPNF II/7:34) amended.

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.