George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Perdition of the angels, of Adam, &c. (Calmet) (Genesis iii. 5.) (Menochius)”
The interpretation timeline
Tob 4:14
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Tob 4:14 · Douay-Rheims
“Never suffer pride to reign in thy mind, or in thy words: for from it all perdition took its beginning.”
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.