Cover design by Angel Guerra
Cover art: Sano di Pietro (1406–1481), Angel of the Annunciation, 2nd half 15th cen., Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon, France. Photo credit: Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art Resource, NY
Text design by Cynthia Dunne
Copyright © 2009 by Rami Shapiro
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher.
New Testament quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Shapiro, Rami M.
The angelic way : angels through the ages and their meaning for us
/ Rami Shapiro.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-933346-19-9
1. Angels. I. Title.
BT966.3.S53 2009
202’.15—dc22
2009021242
Published by
Blue Bridge
An imprint of
United Tribes Media Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
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