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[There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for [one] star differeth from [another] star in glory.

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Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Autre est l'éclat du soleil, autre l'éclat de la lune, et autre l'éclat des étoiles; même une étoile diffère en éclat d'une autre étoile.

KJV

[There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for [one] star differeth from [another] star in glory.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ould be equal; the contrary to which is declared by the Apostle: "Star differs from star in glory" ( 1 Cor. 15:41 ). I answer that, Of those who see the essence of God, one sees Him more perfectly than another. This, indeed, does not take place as if one had a more perfect simili…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ed is God alone. On the contrary, The beatitude of one is greater than that of another, according to 1 Cor. 15:41 : "Star differeth from star in glory." But nothing is greater than God. Therefore beatitude is something different from God. I answer that, The beatitude of an intell…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    : It would seem that Christ had not a carnal or earthly, but a heavenly body. For the Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 15:41 ): "The first man was of the earth, earthy; the second man from heaven, heavenly." But the first man, i.e. Adam, was of the earth as regards his body, as is plain fro…

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