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Earliest Interpretations of Revelation 12 and the Woman of Revelation 12
The four earliest (that I could find so far) interpretations of Revelation 12 either state or imply that the woman of Revelation 12 is not Mary. Irenaeus, for example, treats the dragon’s attack as a still-future event, implying that the woman is not Mary. Hippolytus, Methodius, and Victorinus are more explicit in identifying the woman…
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Methodius of Olympus on the Woman of Revelation 12
Methodius (d. 312), The Symposium aka the Banquet of the Ten Virgins, Discourse 8, Chapters 4-8: Chapter 4. Now, then, O Virgins, daughters of undefiled temperance, let us strive for a life of blessedness and the kingdom of heaven. And unite with those before you in an earnest desire for the same glory of chastity,…