Where the Fathers quote Revelation 4

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Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:204expounds v.8“και τα τεσσαρα ζωα εν καθ᾿ εν αυτων εχον ανα πτερυγας εξ κυκλοθεν και εσωθεν γεμουσιν οφθαλμων και αναπαυσιν ουκ εχουσιν ημερας και νυκτος λεγοντες· α”On the Question of the Forerunner: «Are you the one who is to come?» Maximus the ConfessorPG 91:696expounds v.8“και τα τεσσαρα ζωα εν καθ᾿ εν αυτων εχον ανα πτερυγας εξ κυκλοθεν και εσωθεν γεμουσιν οφθαλμων και αναπαυσιν ουκ εχουσιν ημερας και νυκτος λεγοντες· α”On the meaning of the concluding liturgical hymns: «One is holy, one is Lord» Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:251…follow h iv after these things i saw and behold a door opened in heaven and the first voice which i heard as it were of a trumpet speaking with me saying come up hither and… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:563…and the things that were shown hereafter h c after these things i looked and behold a door opened in heaven and the first voice which i heard as of a trumpet talking with me saying… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:251…entirely detached from earthly things and come to exist in heaven iv and immediately i was in the spirit and behold a throne was set in heaven and upon the throne one sitting and he that… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:563…up hither and i will show thee things which must be hereafter and immediately i was in the spirit he is not arguing that he saw a sensible door in heaven opened at one time and… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:251…a throne was set in heaven and upon the throne one sitting and he that sat was to the sight like the jasper and the sardine stone and there was a rainbow round about the throne… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:251…varied and flourishing nature of the virtues of the angelic orders iv and round about the throne were four and twenty seats and upon the seats four and twenty elders sitting clothed in white garments and… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:569…is not darkened by any stain or bent toward senseless agitations b and round about the throne were four living creatures some have understood these four living creatures to be both the four gospels and the… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1041…lamb standing as it were slain having seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven spirits of god sent forth into all the earth and again he speaks of this same lamb and behold a… Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:655…a lamb standing as though slain having seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven spirits of god sent out into all the earth and he came and took the book from the right hand… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:253…the eyes of the mind the other into the spiritual ears and seven lamps of fire burning before the throne which are the seven spirits of god and before the throne a glassy sea like crystal… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:259…as though it had been slain having seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven spirits of god sent out into all the earth the seven horns and the seven eyes of the lamb signify… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:577…as though it had been slain having seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven spirits of god sent forth into all the earth and he came and took the book out of the right… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1041…the same lord in a second vision he says for i saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders a lamb standing as it… Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:655…book and to loose its seals and the rest and i saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures a lamb standing as though slain having seven horns and seven eyes… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:441…a manger and in the midst of two peoples a cornerstone laid and in the midst of the law and the prophets preached together and in the midst of moses and elias seen upon the mountain… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:209…seven seals which no created nature is able to open the vision in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures sermo the solution of the first seal concerning the second seal the solution… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:251…varied and flourishing nature of the virtues of the angelic orders iv and round about the throne were four and twenty seats and upon the seats four and twenty elders sitting clothed in white garments and… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:253…brilliant and transparent but an investigation into things beyond comprehension is ridiculous and in the midst of the throne and round about the throne four living creatures full of eyes before and behind c by this… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:259…h chapter xii concerning the vision in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures a and i saw in the midst of the throne and the four… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:459…lamb so that it may be on the vision of the lamb in the midst of the throne and four animals or of the lamb seen between the throne and the four animals a is a… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:567…h iv and in the sight of the throne as it were a sea of glass like unto crystal and in the midst of the throne and round about the throne four living creatures full of… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:569…is not darkened by any stain or bent toward senseless agitations b and round about the throne were four living creatures some have understood these four living creatures to be both the four gospels and the… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:577…prevailed who opens the book and its seven seals and i saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders a lamb standing as though… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:609…but were promptly scorched by the sun for the lamb who is in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd and lead them to fountains of living waters and god will wipe away every… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1257D…and the mystical, allegorical, and hidden senses which they taught were stored within Holy Scripture: nevertheless, from the fourfold face of the Cherubim, Apoc. 4:7, upon which God was borne, he deduces t… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:253…the things before and the things behind and the first living creature like a lion and the second living creature like a calf and the third living creature having the face of a man and the… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:329…god and the word was god the almighty thus says he who was and is and is to come the almighty the lord one lord jesus christ to be light i am the light to forgive… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1299…b for thus says the lord the faithful and true witness who was and is and is to come the lord god almighty for undoubtedly these things are spoken concerning the son h psalm xxiv h… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:255…toward the divine archetypal radiances h iv and they have no rest day and night saying holy holy holy lord god almighty who is and who was and who is to come h rest for these… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:569…iv and the four living creatures each had six wings round about and they were full of eyes within and they have no rest day and night saying holy holy holy lord god almighty who was… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:569…shall worship him that lives for ever and ever and they shall cast their crowns before the throne saying thou art worthy o lord and our god the holy to receive glory and honor and power… Macarius of Magnesia fl. c. 400PG 10:1391B…he fact that God produced all things from most free will, and indeed from nothing, by command alone, by which he called that which was not so that it might be (Apoc. IV, 11; Rom. IV, 17). To this return those wor… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:569…o lord and our god the holy to receive glory and honor and power for thou hast created all things and for thy will they were and were created…