angels (“principalities, powers,” etc) only in order to emphasize the complete supremacy of Jesus Christ. He teaches that angels will be judged by the saints (1 Cor 6:3). He attacks the incipient Gnosticism of Asia Minor by forbidding the worship of angels (Col 2:18). He speaks of God’s angels as “elect,” because they are included in the counsels of Divine love (1 Tim 5:21). When Paul commands the women to keep their heads covered in church because of the angels (1 Cor 11:10) he probably means that