Yes, for this corporeal world is inferior to the angels, and in every ordered government the lower is ruled by the higher (CX. 1).
To what order belong the angels who govern the corporeal, world?
They belong to the Order of the Virtues (CX. i, Obj. 3).
What is the duty of the angels who exercise control over the corporeal world?
The angels who exercise control over the corporeal world see to the perfect accomplishment of the intent of divine providence and to the fulfilment of the divine will in all that passes among the divers beings which make up the corporeal world (CX. 1, 2, 3).
Is it through the medium of these angels of the Order of the Virtues that God performs all changes which come about in the corporeal world, even the performance of miracles?
Yes, it is through the medium of these angels of the Order of the Virtues that God performs all changes which come about in the corporeal world, even the performance of miracles (CX. 4).
When God employs His angels for the performance of some miracle, is it by the personal power of the angel that the miracle is performed?
No, a miracle is performed by the power of God only; but an angel may help therein either by way of intercession or in the capacity of instrument (CX. 4, Obj. x).
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