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The Great Cloud of Witnesses · The Long Middle

Alcuin of York

?–804

Patristic / Western voice, d. ~804

The life

Alcuin of York (d. ~804). Patristic / Western voice from the church's historical commentary tradition, present in MannaFest's quote pool with source citations. Full profile pending.

In their own words

  • “The second woe is past: behold the third woe cometh quickly. This is the end of the double recapitulation, but the second woe does not belong to this recapitulation. Indeed it had been said earlier, after the battle with the locusts was finished, that one …”

    COMMENTARY ON REVELATION · on the verse

  • “QUESTION: And the voice which I heard, was as the voice of harpers, harping on their harps. ANSWER: While God's harpers are all the saints, who crucify their flesh with the vices and concupiscences [Gal. 5:24] and praise him with psaltery and harp, [Ps. 150:3] …”

    QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS MANUAL ON REVELATION · on the verse

  • “For the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand? As if they were saying, "If even a saint is terrified by the wrath of that God, who of us shall hold out?" We may disregard all that has …”

    COMMENTARY ON REVELATION · on the verse