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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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Angels do in fact participate in this divinization. They see God face to face, they are created in the image and likeness of God, and participate in the divine life. Mary is Queen of the Angels by grace, not by nature. I think you're conflating some things here
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I'm not going argue further on this point, but you're missing some important source material here. Seeing the face of God is one thing, but participating in his nature is another, which it's plain is greater. As for the naming of angels, they weren't placed under our dominion.
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another point to consider is that while in this life angels are not under our dominion, the apostle says, "do you not know that we shall judge even angels?" If Angels have dominion over us in some fixed way as you imply, what sort of injustice would this be?
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