Where the Fathers quote Revelation 21

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Michael GlycasPG 158:897expounds v.1“Και ειδον ουρανον καινον και γην καινην· ο γαρ πρωτος ουρανος και η πρωτη γη απηλθον και η θαλασσα ουκ εστιν ετι.”Interpretation of Revelation: «I saw a new heaven and a new earth, and the sea is no more» Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:667…isaiah spoke thus concerning this thousand year period for there shall be a new heaven and a new earth and they shall not remember the former nor shall they come into their heart but they shall… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:379…incorruption so that he can no longer grow old there will be a new heaven and a new earth in whi… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1219…cast into the lake of fire and after these things he says i saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and earth passed away and the sea is no more and… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1221…incorruptibility such that he can no longer grow old there shall be a new heaven and a new earth in which the new man shall persist always consorting anew with god and because these things shall… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1691…new earth according to his promise to these john in the apocalypse i saw a new heaven and a new earth and in isaiah behold i create new heavens and a new earth from these testimonies… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:167…future age or in the ages coming after when there will be a new heaven and a new earth according to isaiah will be restored into that unity which the lord jesus promises saying to god… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:169…habit isaiah also when he says through prophecy that there shall be a new heaven and a new earth suggests without doubt a similar understanding for the innovation of heaven and earth and the transmutation of… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:327…be another world after this one isaiah teaches saying there shall be a new heaven and a new earth which i make to remain in my sight and that there were also others before this world… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:753…earth pass away and this whole condition of the world passes but a new heaven and a new earth shall be founded remove from your sight even the light of this sun and give to that… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1319…dead for this is the regeneration being a certain new birth when a new heaven and a new earth are created for those who have renewed themselves and the new testament is handed over and its… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:859…future world or in the ages that follow when there shall be a new heaven and a new earth according to isaiah into that unity which the lord jesus promises and soon after in num however… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1013…age or in the ages that will follow when there will be a new heaven and a new earth according to isaiah will be restored to that unity which the lord jesus promises he says moreover… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1017…d a new earth; and the former things shall not be in memory, and they shall not ascend upon the heart;” which is represented in II Peter III, 13, and Apocalypse XXI, 1. But on account of that passage of Paul, I Cor. VII, 31, “F… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1051…from isaiah lxv and lxvi where god declares that he will create a new heaven and a new earth the other from ecclesiastes which is of this sort what is that which has been that which… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1335…taught that the souls of the saints rest is discussed namely concerning a new heaven and a new earth xii and concerning paradise xiii from where he transferred these things is inquired into xiv hence he… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:929…book isa xxxiv and again when it adds and there shall be a new heaven and a new earth which i make to remain before me saith the lord isa lxv and yet again elsewhere for… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:511…and it shall not ascend into their heart for there shall be a new heaven and a new earth d and they shall not remember the former things nor shall they come into their heart for… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:523…so shall your seed and your name stand for if there is a new heaven and a new earth and a new jerusalem it would follow that the priests and levites also will be new wherefore… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1205…this which is written in the prophet isaiah but there shall be a new heaven and a new earth without whom neither the father nor the son works in creation as we have shown before from… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:429…fire with the antichrist for the ages of ages after this he saw a new heaven and a new earth and the new jerusalem and he saw a river of water of life and the servants… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:617…this mind and if you act in this way you shall have a new heaven and a new earth that is if you are one who understands b the sense of these things also h x… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:743…from sin just as he raises the dead bodies preparing for it a new heaven and a new earth and a sun of righteousness bestowing upon it all things from his own godhead he is the… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:605…those that were at the beginning for in this day god makes a new heaven and a new earth as the prophet says what heaven the firmament of the faith in christ what earth i mean… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:701…your seed and your name stand and john in the apocalypse says i saw a new heaven and a new earth and i saw the holy city new jerusalem coming down from heaven from god prepared… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:953…head and to make a new creature and a new man and a new heaven and a new earth and new animals and new birds and new c fruits and new paradises and new rivers and… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:957…own work and his own hands he will fabricate a new creature a new heaven and a new earth and a new man from unseeded earth not seeded which indeed signifying to us before divine scripture… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:695…which receive addition and increase for the prophet says there shall be a new heaven and a new earth ibid behold the creature is being renewed and he who promised does not lie as much increase… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:157…word to those who preach the gospel ps i will give you a new heaven and a new earth isai why are those not called gospels why is this not a prophecy but if not knowing… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:101…new creation for what use is it to me if there is a new heaven and a new earth but i have grown old in my sins the heaven is a house while i am one… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1417…and it shall not come into their heart for there shall be a new heaven and a new earth and they shall not remember the former things nor shall they come into their heart but they… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:599…sum up all things in christ and the prophet there shall be a new heaven and a new earth and old things have passed away behold all things have become new but we have the change… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2713…nations just enumerated priests and levites for if there is to be a new heaven and a new earth and a new jerusalem it follows that they must also have new ministers hence it is that… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1701…it is not profitable for him even if god were to create a new heaven and a new earth he would not find rest thus it happens that one person often has more than his need… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1841…to receive consolation in his chastisement even if he were to make a new heaven and a new earth he would not find rest and as for your saying that you are a burden to the… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:421…concerning the new heaven and new earth and the jerusalem above h and i saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth passed away and the sea is… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:379…set between them shall be dissolved by heat and there shall be a new heaven and a new earth d and the things that follow when thrones are set and the ancient of days sits and… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:885…folded like a garment and shall be changed and there shall be a new heaven and a new earth as to size the heaven is much greater than the earth however one should not investigate the… Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:295…how the entire creation is again to be renewed and to become a new heaven and a new earth according to the divine apostle r but let us consider how the creation shall be renewed xl… Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:937…they shall come and shall see my glory and there shall be a new heaven and a new earth which i make to remain before me and all flesh shall come to worship before me saith… Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:807…was not for man's sake if god is again to bring about a new heaven and a new earth it must be that he does so for some cause and this is man as we have… Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:873…isaiah foreseeing the restoration of the creation in the future prophesies that a new heaven and a new earth all beauty such as it was first of all will be restored with all filth and every… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:1281…lame man is healed by the holy martyrs how god will create a new heaven and a new earth an edict of the commentariensis against the christians confession of sins is necessary for the faithful the… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1429…you do this it will be for you to speak with isaiah a new heaven and a new earth for while these things seemed to be one thing before the incarnation of the savior they were… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:837…which is found in the apocalypse of the theologian john the evangelist i saw a new heaven and a new earth and the sea is no more it must be known that in the sixty fifth… Apophthegmata Patrum (Desert Fathers) 4th–5th century (compiled)PG 65:333…poemen said again that even if a man were to produce b a new heaven and a new earth he cannot be without cares he said again that man has need of humility and the fear… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:279…is the new creation for what profit is it to me if a new heaven and a new earth come to be but i have grown old in my sins heaven is the house but i… PG 158 (anthology)PG 158:1115…that which we find in the apocalypse of the divine evangelist joannes i saw a new heaven and a new earth and the sea is no more epist xvi to the most venerable monk the lord… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1219…and earth passed away and the sea is no more and i saw the holy city new jerusalem descending from heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband and i heard he says a great… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1641D…er of us all," as he writes in Gal. iv, 26, which St. John in the spirit saw "coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband," Apoc. xxi, 2. It is therefore no wonder if the ancie… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:701…says i saw a new heaven and a new earth and i saw the holy city new jerusalem coming down from heaven from god prepared as a bride adorned for her husband and i heard a… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:423…a i saw descending out of heaven from god prepared as a bride adorned for her husband from the sight of the city as the holy jerusalem new the name of newness is… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1219…husband and i heard he says a great voice from the throne saying behold the tabernacle of god with men and he will inhabit with them and they will be his peoples and god himself will… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:701…from heaven from god prepared as a bride adorned for her husband and i heard a great voice saying behold the tabernacle of god with men and he will dwell with them and god will be… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:423…to the psalmist glory and beauty in the variety of virtues xxi and i heard a great voice from the throne saying behold the tabernacle of god with men and he will dwell with them and… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:759…transfer our mind to the intelligible beatitude and life of the saints and god himself shall be with them explaining this more clearly the apostle said d then we who are alive who remain shall be… Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1075…common to our author whose most illustrious passage exists in the apocalypse behold the tabernacle of god is with men and he will dwell with them chapter xxi and afterwards he subjoins t n doxan several… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:283…shall feed them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters and god shall wipe away all tears from their eyes the phrase shall feed them signifies that those who are then pastured by christ… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:423…the throne h xxi and he said who sat upon the throne behold i make all things new and he says to me write for these words are true and faithful and he said to me… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:761…who was seen sitting upon the throne h a and he who sat upon the throne said behold i make all things new and he says to me write because these words are faithful and true… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:61…days of eternity he is the son most beloved of the father alpha and omega the beginning and the end etc whence they call him autophyes born of himself and hedone pleasure but because the word… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:291…the righteous that the word may be clearly shown to be both alpha and omega the beginning and the end the word allegorized as milk something of this sort homer though unwillingly guesses calling the righteous… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1347…et seq through jesus grace and truth were made jesus is the alpha and omega the beginning and the end the first and the last and elsewhere c more frequently jesus is the light of the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:555D…stopped, and the heart of those who desire the word is enlightened. Whence, however, shall we begin, if not from this saying: I am the beginning and the end (Apoc. XXI, 6)? Let everyone here apply his mind, all… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:223…men the same thing as fiat or let it be confirmed d i am alpha and omega the beginning and the ending saith the lord god who is and who was and who is to come… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:423…write for these words are true and faithful and he said to me it is done i am alpha and omega the beginning and the end true are these words as proceeding from the truth itself… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:425…a i will give to him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts for righteousness he promises to provide the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:99…origin as indeed do all things namely to him who is the alpha and omega the beginning and the end the first and the last c indeed some have called this present edition the theology of… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:761…and he said to me i have become the alpha and the omega the beginning and the end i will give to him who thirsts from the fountain of the water of life freely he who… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:779…is with me to render to every man according to his works i am alpha and omega the beginning and the end the first and the last seal not etc that is do not keep them… PG 154:3…the beginning and the end he says in the apocalypse of john i am alpha and omega the beginning and the end saith the lord god who is and who was and who is to come… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:693…l the holy angels and archangels? And after relating many other wondrous things, he finally concluded by saying: "He who overcomes shall inherit these things" (Apoc. 21. 7). We have spoken of the victory, if you… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:425…of him who provides it he that shall overcome shall possess these things and i will be his god and he shall be my son he says that he who overcomes the war against the invisible… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:761…of the water of life freely he who overcomes shall inherit these things and i will be his god and he shall be my son but to the cowardly and unbelieving and sinners and the abominable… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:425…of god and enjoying the spiritual goods but the fearful and the unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars they shall have their portion in the pool burning… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:761…shall be my son but to the cowardly and unbelieving and sinners and the abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and b to all liars their part shall be in the lake burning… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:287…and there were voices and thunderings and lightnings and an earthquake and the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound by all these things the terrors that precede the consummation are characterized… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:371…the seven heads and ten horns h c xvii and there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials and talked with me saying unto me come hither i will shew unto thee… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:427…gates h a and there came one of the seven angels who had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues and he spoke with me saying come i will show thee the bride the… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:611…cast it into the earth and there were thunders and lightnings and the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound b this altar is christ in whom all the holy and ministering… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:763…h xxi a and there came one of the seven angels who had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues and spoke with me saying come i will show thee the woman who is… Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:755…the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her prostitution and he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness and i saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet colored beast full of… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:371…earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication so he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness and i saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast full of names… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:427…by the outpouring of the blood from his side for our sake and he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain and showed me the great city the holy jerusalem descending… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:763…to a mountain great and high and showed me the holy city jerusalem descending out of heaven from god having the glory of god and its light was like to a most precious stone as to… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:427…of the lamb the jerusalem above shall be adorned and glorified by god and her light was like unto a stone most precious as a stone of jasper clear as crystal the light of the church… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:213…with the names of the twelve tribes six on one stone and six on the other a the rationale of judgment was a woven cloth… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:427…form the multiform nature of his benefits towards us cannot be described and had a wall great and high and had twelve gates and at the gates twelve angels and names written thereon which are the… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:765…senses cannot be exemplified by mortal and corruptible things xxi and it had twelve gates and at the gates twelve angels and names inscribed which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of… AnonymousPG 106:1411…number six of the wings o who the barley signifies p whom the names of the twelve tribes of the patriarchs designate which sins defile the body and which the spirit immense persecution under maximian a… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:765…on the east three gates and on the north three gates and on the south three gates and on the west three gates and the wall of the city had twelve foundations and in them twelve… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1745B…lars indeed from Gal. ii, 9, where James, Peter, and John are called those who seem to be pillars; twelve indeed being firmaments, as I conjecture, from Apoc. xxi, 14, where St. John in his description of t… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:429…world of sins established by the mystical solomon is figuratively represented xxi and the wall of the city had twelve foundations and upon them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the lamb the foundations of… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:431…sins and which is constituted by the mystical solomon was foreshadowed xxi and the wall of the city had twelve foundations and in them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the lamb the foundations of… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:765…and on the south three gates and on the west three gates and the wall of the city had twelve foundations and in them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the lamb no difficult meaning… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:767…of the son and of the holy spirit and in them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the lamb he has now rightly clarified the twelve apostles for the scope was to signify the twelve… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:429…read xxi and he who spoke with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city and its gates and its wall the golden reed signifies the preciousness of the measuring angel whom… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:431…read them xxi and he that spake with me had a measure a golden reed to measure the city and the gates thereof and the wall the golden reed c and the measurer whom he also… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:767…c xxi and he that spoke with me had a measure of a golden reed to measure the city and the gates thereof and the wall thereof and the city lieth in a four square and… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:595…and golden rings and rings for rotation all around he also defined the length and the breadth and the height that were to be in that work but if anyone wishes to examine such things mystically… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:431…is meant in which the holy ones are safely guarded d xxi and the city lieth foursquare and the length is as large as the breadth and he measured the city with the reed twelve thousand… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:767…lieth in a four square and the length thereof is as great as the breadth and he measured the city with the reed for twelve thousand furlongs the length and the breadth and the height of… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:431…of the soul and the body for two times seven make fourteen and he measured the wall thereof an hundred and forty and four cubits the measure of a man that is of the angel the… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:767…the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal and he measured the wall thereof an hundred forty four cubits the measure of a man which is of an angel and the building… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:431…being multiplied by itself which reveals the apostolic teaching makes this number and the building of the wall of it was of jasper and the city was pure gold like unto clear glass the building of… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:769…course of the gospel which keeps the preaching always verdant and unfading and the city was pure gold like clear glass and the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:431…signify the clarity and brilliant brightness of those who dwell in it and the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones xxi the twelve foundations are twelve precious… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:769…verdant and unfading and the city was pure gold like clear glass and the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone the first foundation was jasper the second sapphire the… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:769…foundation was jasper the second sapphire the third chalcedony the fourth emerald the fifth sardonyx the sixth sardius the seventh chrysolite the eighth beryl the ninth topaz the tenth chrysoprase the eleventh jacinth the twelfth amethyst… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:435…declare their total identity c holding to one another like a chain and the twelve gates were twelve pearls each of the gates was of one pearl the twelve gates are manifestly the twelve disciples of… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:769…the ninth topaz the tenth chrysoprase the eleventh jacinth the twelfth amethyst and the twelve gates were twelve pearls the life giving preaching brings about a habitation of the blessed and unending life which city or… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:773…overcome by drunkenness and each of the gates was from a single pearl and the street of the city was pure gold as transparent glass and i saw no temple in it for the lord god… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:701…of life and the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it for the glory of god has enlightened it and night shall be no more there for the… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:437…which he revealed through the following river xxi and the city has no need of the sun neither of the moon to shine in it for the glory of god lightened it and its lamp is… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:773…the lamb and the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon to shine in it for the glory of god lightened it and its light is the lamb and the nations shall… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:433…city has no need of sun nor of moon that they should shine in it for the glory of god lightened it and the lamp thereof is the lamb did he not clearly point out to… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:1093…says the city above jerusalem has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it for the glory of god lightened it and the lamp thereof is the lamb and the nations… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:749…sins were covered to these the following verses also apply lord they shall walk in the light of your face and in your name they shall rejoice all the day all their life that is they… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:437…will walk in its light concerning whom he says and the nations shall walk in the light of it and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it xxi and its gates… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:773…and its light is the lamb and the nations shall walk through the light of it and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it and its gates shall not be shut… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:437…and honor into it xxi and its gates shall not be shut by day for there shall be no night there for the nations that are being saved as has been said c will walk in… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:437…there and no night for night shall be assigned to sinners xxi and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it and there shall in no wise enter into it anything… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:773…shut by day for there b shall be no night in it and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it that they may enter and nothing shall enter into it… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:775…and not night because the latter will be allotted to the sinners and they shall bring the glory and the honor those who have conquered earthly passions shall bring glory to the god who helps them… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:437…shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it and there shall in no wise enter into it anything that is common and that worketh abomination and a lie but they which are…