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Caesarius of Arles

Late Patristic · AD 500–800

449 passages across 40 books of the Bible · Who was this?

On Revelation

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  1. Revelation 21:22
    [He saw no temple in the city] because the church is in God and God is in the church.

    EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 21:22, HOMILY 19

  2. Revelation 22:1
    This passage shows the fountain of baptism flowing from God and from Christ in the midst of the church. For what kind of honor would there be for this city were the river to flow through the streets to the hindrance of the inhabitants?

    EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 22:1, HOMILY 19

  3. Revelation 22:2
    It is speaking of the cross of the Lord. There is no tree that bears fruit in every season except the cross that the faithful, who are made wet by the water of the church’s river, eat. And these [faithful] in turn produce eternal fruit in every season.

    EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 22:2, HOMILY 19

  4. Revelation 22:10
    Just as the divine Scriptures are sealed for those who are proud and who love the world more than God, so are they opened for those who are humble and who fear God.

    EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 22:10, HOMILY 19

  5. Revelation 22:20
    Let us pray that the Lord Jesus Christ deign to come to us according to his promise and through his mercy free us from the prison of this world and for the sake of his compassion lead us to his blessedness. With the Father and the Holy Spirit he lives and reigns into all eternity. Amen.

    EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 22:20, HOMILY 19

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