#celestial-hierarchy { movie poster billing, for tommy }

~/celestial-hierarchy/named-angels { The individual angels named in scripture and tradition, as opposed to the nine orders. }

~/celestial-hierarchy/named-angels/gabriel { Interprets visions to Daniel, announces the birth of Jesus to Mary in Luke, and in Islam, as Jibril, delivers the entire Quran to Muhammad. }
~/celestial-hierarchy/named-angels/michael { Prince of Israel in Daniel, leader of the war in heaven in Revelation, and named beside Jibril in the Quran as Mikail. The warrior. }
~/celestial-hierarchy/named-angels/lucifer { The morning star of Isaiah 14, read by later Christian tradition as the fallen angel. Made the most charismatic figure in English epic by Paradise Lost. Islam's Iblis is instead a jinn. }
~/celestial-hierarchy/named-angels/raphael { The healer. Travels in disguise through the whole book of Tobit. Absent from the Protestant canon. }
~/celestial-hierarchy/named-angels/metatron { The heavenly scribe of Jewish mysticism. In Hagigah 15a, Elisha ben Abuya sees him seated in heaven, concludes there are two powers, and becomes the tradition's great heretic. }

:top-billing { whose name goes first on the poster: star power across all three traditions, screen time, and whether the audience knows the name }

{ Gabriel is the only angel present at the founding scene of all three religions: Daniel's visions, the Annunciation, and the first revelation of the Quran. Top billing goes to the one in every installment. }
~gabriel 3:2 ~michael

{ Michael is the hero with the biggest action sequence in scripture, the war in heaven. The villain loses that fight, and on a poster the winner is billed above the loser. }
~michael 3:2 ~lucifer

{ Same reason, wider margin. Gabriel carries three franchises. Lucifer carries one, and only in its Christian cut. }
~gabriel 3:1 ~lucifer

{ Villain star power. Milton gave Lucifer the best lines in English epic, and audiences know the name who have never opened Tobit. Raphael has the longer screen time in a book fewer people read. }
~lucifer > ~raphael

{ Raphael has a whole book. Metatron has one devastating cameo that created a heresy. Supporting role over special appearance. }
~raphael 3:2 ~metatron