George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Revelation 21:17
The measure of a man, which is of an Angel. [2] This seems, without doubt, the sense of it. (Witham)
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Mensura hominis, quæ est Angeli; Greek: metron anthropou, o estin aggelou.
The measure of a man, which is of an Angel. [2] This seems, without doubt, the sense of it. (Witham)
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Mensura hominis, quæ est Angeli; Greek: metron anthropou, o estin aggelou.
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