In Q. 57, A.5, Aquinas discusses the knowledge of angels and states that angels are only able to know what God allows them to know: “yet so that the higher angels beholding the Divine wisdom more clearly, learn more and deeper mysteries in the vision of God, which mysteries they communicate to the lower angels by enlightening them. Some of these mysteries they knew from the very beginning of their creation; others they are taught afterwards, as befits their ministrations”. This ties in really well with a few lines from Canto 28: “so rapidly do they follow their bonds, in order to resemble the point as much as they can, and they can to the degree that they are raised to see” (p. 563, lines 100-102). Angels desire to resemble God or be with Him as much as they can, but it is all dependent on God’s will.
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Going off of this, Canto 29 was very interesting and probably one of my favorite cantos in Paradiso. Starting around line 88, there is a discussion of those who false teach or preachers who do not “feed” their sheep and how angry it makes those in Heaven: “But still, this is endured up here with less anger than when Holy Scripture is disregarded or when it is distorted” (p. 583). One example that is discussed Jerome saying that angels where made before the rest of creation, which Dante is stating is completely incorrect. This goes along with what Aquinas writes in Q. 46, A.3: “For four things are stated to be created together--viz. the empyrean heaven, corporeal matter, by which is meant the earth, time, and the angelic nature”. Dante is furious by those who falsely preach and even states: “They do not consider down there how much blood it costs to sow it in the world and how pleasing is one who approaches it humbly” (p. 583, lines 88-90). Those who falsely preach do not realize the blood that was shed so that humans could have all of this Divine Knowledge and
Going off of this, Canto 29 was very interesting and probably one of my favorite cantos in Paradiso. Starting around line 88, there is a discussion of those who false teach or preachers who do not “feed” their sheep and how angry it makes those in Heaven: “But still, this is endured up here with less anger than when Holy Scripture is disregarded or when it is distorted” (p. 583). One example that is discussed Jerome saying that angels where made before the rest of creation, which Dante is stating is completely incorrect. This goes along with what Aquinas writes in Q. 46, A.3: “For four things are stated to be created together--viz. the empyrean heaven, corporeal matter, by which is meant the earth, time, and the angelic nature”. Dante is furious by those who falsely preach and even states: “They do not consider down there how much blood it costs to sow it in the world and how pleasing is one who approaches it humbly” (p. 583, lines 88-90). Those who falsely preach do not realize the blood that was shed so that humans could have all of this Divine Knowledge and