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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Is there any number of His soldiers? In the cognizance of human reason there is not any number of the spirits above, in that it cannot tell how great is that concourse of the Invisible Host, whereof it is said by Daniel, Thousand thousands ministered unto Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The number of the citizens above is represented as infinite and definite, in order that that which relatively to God is capable of being numbered may be shewn relatively to man to be incapable of being numbered. …
Thomas Aquinas
Second, he shows the divine power from those things he does in lower creatures in which he acts through the ministry of higher creatures, whose great number is unknown to man. So he then says, "Can one number his soldiers?" He calls soldiers of God are all of the heavenly powers which follow the divine will just as soldiers obey the command of their leader. …
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