Patristic A.D. 604
“(ubi sup.) For the Greek word Angel, is in Latin Nuntius, ‘a messenger.’ He therefore who came to bear a heavenly message is rightly called an Angel, that he may preserve in his title the dignity which he performs in his office.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 11:7-10
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841) ↗