As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
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Aquinas Study Bible
AD 2017
Let us consider the whole multitude of His angels, how they stand ever ready to minister to His will. (St. Clement of Rome) books were opened: God is said to have books, which is not physical books but spiritual books, that is, the eternal memory in which the names of the elect are kept. (Apringius of Beja)