Question 113 — The Guardianship of the Good Angels

We next consider the guardianship exercised by the good angels; and their warfare against the bad angels. Under the first head eight points of inquiry arise:

(1) Whether men are guarded by the angels?

• (2) Whether to each man is assigned a single guardian angel?
• (3) Whether the guardianship belongs only to the lowest order of angels?
• (4) Whether it is fitting for each man to have an angel guardian?
• (5) When does an angel’s guardianship of a man begin?
• (6) Whether the angel guardians always watch over men?
• (7) Whether the angel grieves over the loss of the one guarded?
• (8) Whether rivalry exists among the angels as regards their guardianship?