The Ranks and Differences of Creatures
Augustine outlines the hierarchy of being: lifeless things, living things, sentient things, intelligent things, immortal things. Angels rank highest among creatures. Yet in the scale of justice, a good man is of greater worth than a wicked angel, because virtue elevates a lower nature above a higher one that has fallen.
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