Betwixt and Between

As the authors of several angel books and frequent guests on radio talk shows, the Steigers receive dozens of letters from men and women who share accounts of angelic interactions. If you'd like to ask a question, e-mail them at columnists@staff.beliefnet.com. Please put "Steigers" on the subject line.


Q: You've written about good angels and bad or fallen angels. Are there any angels somewhere in between?

A: As we heard someone say recently, there are only three kinds of angels: the good, the bad, and the evil deceivers pretending to be good.

It is our understanding that there can be no undecided angels. An angel is either a messenger of God or a disciple of Lucifer. They are either on the side of good or of evil.

As a point of interest, certain medieval Christian theologians suggested that fairies were entities between humans and angels; in essence, demoted angels, working their way back to full heavenly status--although many take great delight in performing mischievous deeds against humans.

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