The definition of an angel is a being immutable and eternal present in many religions, whose sole task typically serve God acting as messengers, as believed in the three major monotheistic religions. As these are:
In Christianity, almost always portrayed with a child, young men, or asexual beings. In the Middle Ages we find as "Judge of Souls" in Flemish, Italian and English. Already in the Renaissance, the angels began to be painted individually.
In Judaism, was then very useful to convert any being "divine" server in a single god worshiped, thus forming a "heavenly court," similar to that of the kings of that era. Based on the principles of good and evil all things no doubt also helped to shape the angels as part of "good", while the evil powers naturally embedded as "evil angels" servants of evil. They attributed the role of intermediaries between the divine and human beings, by their appearance of "men with wings" in the representations but should be, according to religion, invisible spirits, even rays of light.
In Islam, belief in angels is central to Islam, starting with that, according to tradition, was the chief of the angels, Gabriel, who went to Muhammad in the name of God to dictate his revelation, the Quran. They conceive of angels as beings created from light and totally dedicated to the service of God. The angels can take human form. They are usually described as extremely beautiful beings who have several pairs of wings.
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