among the angels

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“Paradise Lost” depicts a war among the angels, Satan being cast into hell and the temptation of Adam and Eve.

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2014

If there is joy among the angels over one that repents, was there not, then, forgiveness in her heart for him?

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

But the Magdalen is on the right, behind St. Monica; and on the same side, but lowest of all, Rachel, among the angels of her children, gathered now again to her forever.

From Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 by Ruskin, John

At last John said, “Methinks there shall be some stir among the angels at such a time.”

From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Holt, Emily Sarah

"The child may well have the voice of an angel," scolded old Ursula, "he is like to be among the angels soon enough!"

From The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle