“HEREIN then is the nature of angels distinguished from the present condition of our own nature, that we are both circumscribed by space, and straightened by the blindness of ignorance; but the spirits of angels are indeed bounded by space, yet their knowledge extends far above us beyond comparison; for they expand by external and internal knowing, since they contemplate the very Source of knowledge Itself.”
~Pope St. Gregory I: Morals, 2, 3. (6th cent.)
Resources:
• Pope St. Gregory I ("the Great"), biographical article
• Angels, Catholic Encyclopedia
St. Gregory the Great with Sts. Ignatius and Francis Xavier,
by Guercino. Oil on canvas, c. 1626; National Gallery, London.
