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The Great Cloud of Witnesses · The Long Middle

Andreas of Caesarea

?–614

Patristic / Eastern voice, d. ~614

The life

Andreas of Caesarea (d. ~614). Patristic / Eastern 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 fire that proceeds with smoke and sulfur from their mouths," through which one third of humankind is killed, signifies those sins that consume the fruits of the heart by means of the poisonous assaults and instigations of the demons. Or the fire signifies the …”

    COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 9:17-19 · on the verse

  • “The angelic voice from heaven said, "It is done!" That is, the commandment of God has been accomplished. The flashes of lightning and the voices and the thunders are symbolic of the terrifying nature of these occurrences and of the future coming of Christ, just …”

    COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 16:17-18 · on the verse

  • “And he gives the reason for this. [Babylon] deceived all nations with her sorcery and was the recipient of the blood of prophets and the other saints. It is possible that this passage depicts the impious Babylon among the Persians, for at various times until …”

    COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 18:21-24 · on the verse