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Early Commentaries on Revelation (with a Focus on Revelation 1:4 and 16:5)
Alcuin of York (d. A.D. 804) Commentary on Revelation (the available text ends at Rev. 12:12)(source) At Revelation 1:4-5 Alcuin’s Commentary has (source) VERSES 4-5 John to the seven churches which are in Asia. By the number seven is represented the universal Church, because of the seven gifts of him who has filled the earth.…
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Primasius on the Woman of Revelation 12, the Ark of the Covenant, and the alleged Triadic Declarations
Primasius, Bishop of Hadrumetum (circa A.D. 551), Commentary on the Apocalypse Book I, Chapter I, at Rev. 1:4 Grace to you and peace from God, who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. Even though according to the apostle “God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself,” or as He Himself…