Equality and Assurance Among Angels
Augustine reasons that the good angels must be certain of their eternal blessedness. The saints are promised equality with the angels; if the saints are certain of their eternal life, then the angels, their equals, must also be certain. Therefore, the holy angels possess infallible assurance of their perseverance. The fallen angels, lacking this assurance, were never partakers of that full blessedness.
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