72. Therefore if it was not possible for men or other created beings to merit this, the Son ought not to seem to have less power because He gave not to His apostles, what the Father has not given to men or other created beings. Or else let them say to which of them He has given it. Certainly not to the angels; of whom Scripture says that all the angels stood round about the throne. Rev. vii. 11. Thus Gabriel said that he stands, as it says: “I am Gabriel that stand before God.” S. Luke i. 19.