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Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos, Diego Velázquez

Revelation 5:11

Diego Velázquez, Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos, c. 1618 · National Gallery, London · Public domainDiego Velázquez, Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos, c. 1618, National Gallery, London

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Revelation 5:11 (WEB)

I looked, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. The number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands,

Catechism · 1

  • §2642Article 3 · In the Age of the ChurchRead at vatican.va

    “The Revelation of "what must soon take place," the Apocalypse, is borne along by the songs of the heavenly liturgy” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rev 4:8-11; 5:9-14; 7:10-12.

Fathers and councils · 1

  • “Neither as we think of the pure angels as spirits animating celestial bodies, and changing and dealing with them after the will by which they serve God; not even if all, and there are “thousands of thousands,” were brought together into one, and became one; neither is any such thing God.” — editor's note: Apoc. v. 11

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  • Cited together in On the Holy Trinity VIII.2.

  • Cited together in On the Holy Trinity VIII.2.

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