Luther's Words: Regarding Angels

An angel is a spiritual creature, a personal being without a body, appointed for the service of the divine Church [all believers in Christ].  (WLS#60)…..That angels are with us is very sure, and no one should ever have doubted it.  It is certain not only that they are waiting for our coming into our future fatherland but also that they are truly around us in this life, providing for and guiding our affairs, if we would only firmly believe it…..Therefore we should learn that our best and most loyal friends are invisible.  They are the good angels, who by their faithfulness and benevolence and by their many services of friendship greatly excel our visible friends.  Just so the evil angels are devils, who are invisible, are enemies more bitter than our visible foes.  Whatever evil happens comes to a far greater extent from them than from those whom we can see with our eyes.  On the other hand, if anything good happens, it is brought about entirely through the good angels.  


(WLS#56)