Revelation: a famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all t…

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Revelation: a famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators, who know nothing. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.200, University of Georgia Press
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Revelation: a famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators, who know nothing. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.200, University of Georgia Press

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