| |Contemplative spirits; Peter Damian, | Thrones | | | | |Seventh Heaven, | Benedict, Macarius, Romualdus. |(imitate Divine |Astrology. |Temperance.| xxi.-xxii. | | of Saturn. | (Predestination; the ascetic life; God’s| Steadfastness; execute | | | | | | vengeance on corruption.) | God’s judgments; | | | | | | | purify). | | | | +------------------+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ |Celestial Ladder. | | | | | xxii. | +------------------+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ | |Triumph of Christ; Assumption of Mary; | Cherubim | | | | |Eighth Heaven, | Peter, James, and John; Adam. |(image of Divine Wisdom; |Natural | Faith | | | of the Fixed |(Theological Virtues; St. Peter’s rebuke | spread knowledge |Philosophy.| Hope, and |xxiii.-xxvii.| | Stars. | of corruption in Church.) | of God; illuminate). | | Charity. | | +------------------+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ |Ninth Heaven, |The Angelic Hierarchies. | Seraphim | | | | | the Crystalline.| (Creation as illustrating the Divine |(image of Divine Love; |Moral | | xxvii.-xxix.| | | Love.) | render perfect). |Philosophy.| | | +------------------+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ | |The Essential Paradise of Angels and | |Divine | | | |Tenth Heaven, | Saints. (Throne of Henry VII.) Bernard.| | Science | | xxx.-xxxiii.| | the Empyrean. | Blessed of the Mystic Rose. Gabriel. | | of | | | | | Blessed Virgin Mary. | | Theology. | | | +------------------+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ | |Beatific Vision of the Divine Essence. | | | | xxxiii. |