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These days, many of us think that there is one heaven and two types of angelic beings: angels and archangels. But it was not considered so in classical times when it was believed there were seven heavens and nine different “choirs” or “orders” of angels, each composed of distinctly different angelic beings. Let’s explore the classical view of the heavens and angels.