“"And I saw an angel full of strength proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no one was found worthy, neither in the earth nor under the earth, to open the book." Now to open the book is to overcome death for man.”
Victorinus of Pettau, 4th c. — Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John
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2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
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1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
— Revelation 5:2 —
3And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
4And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.