Monster is here used in the sense of marvel or prodigy. ↩

Now as an eagle, now as a lion. The two natures, divine and human, of Christ are reflected in Theology, or Divine Wisdom. Didron, who thinks the Griffin a symbol of the Pope, applies this to his spiritual and temporal power:⁠—

“As priest he is the eagle floating in the air; as king he is a lion walking on the earth.”

“As priest he is the eagle floating in the air; as king he is a lion walking on the earth.”

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