According to Pseudo-Dionysius, whose findings were later reaffirmed by the Roman Catholic Church, the four-winged, four-faced angels of Ezekiel’s vision were Cherubim, the second highest-ranking ...

Above it was the cover (kaporet) and, above the cover, there were two golden cherubim with outstretched wings, one on each end facing downwards toward the ark. It is in the narrow space above the ...