(worth pointing out that this distinction doesn't make sense - humans do not have a fixed position in the celestial-terrestial hierarchy, as the Theotokos is raised above all of the angels.)
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Yes, but by grace, not by nature. By grace, of course a "change of position" is possible. However, by nature, there is a definite fixed order.
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disagree, human nature is intended to be deified, to become "like God in every way but nature" which actually makes it greater than the angels, who cannot participate in this. The Theotokos is our witness to this possibility. This would also raise Q's about demons too
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note that one of the Fathers claims that we were punished so severely because he reckons we naturally have "the rank of an archangel, and thus the punishment of an archangel", which would imply, at minimum, being greater than some angels.
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