And the first living creature was like a lion, and the second living creature like a calf, and the third living creature had a face as a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
AD 202
For the cherubim, too, were four-faced, and their faces were images of the dispensation of the Son of God. For,