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Arius, the mouth of the devil, sent out the dead waters of doctrine etc. ... in the same place.
The blasphemy of Arius arose from hatred toward the pontiff Alexander ... 180.d
The weapons of Michael and his companions against the Dragon, of what kind they are. ... 158.a
The weapons by which the legions of martyrs conquered, prefigured in Gideon. ... in the same place.
Asia signifies the proud world. ... 5.b
The seven churches of Asia represent the entire church gathered from the gentiles ... in the same place. 17.b
The seven metropolitan cities of Asia Minor. ... 17.c
The atrium which is outside are the conventicles small, unofficial religious gatherings of heretics. ... 118.d
The birds flying through the midst of heaven are the Apostles. ... 211.a
What the gold of wisdom, fired and tested, is. ... 45.c
Pure gold similar to pure glass is the heavenly city. ... 228.c
No authority for writing similar to that of the apostles and evangelists was given to anyone after them. ... 216.d
The authority of pontiffs and priests in the church. ... 217.d
A woodcut initial letter B decorated with floral patterns.
Babylonian kingdom, why it is likened to a lioness rather than a lion. ... 108.c
Babylon is the kingdom of sin, the principality of the world, the robbery of the devil. ... 165.d
Babylon fell, fell; namely, both in the lower regions and upon the earth. ... 198.b
Babylon is ironically called a virgin although she is a prostitute. ... 199.b
Babylon does nothing well for the sake of eternal things, but only for the sake of temporary things. ... 222.b
Balaam was first a holy prophet, then he was a soothsayer. ... 31.c
Balaam carried the type of venal corrupt or for-hire priests. ... in the same place.
Because Balaam did not perform penance, he was cut down by the sword. ... 33.a
Balak carried the type of evil kings who persecute the pontiffs. ... 32.a
Why baptism is called a sea of glass like crystal. ... 51.b
The ancient fathers were all baptized together through the blood and water of Christ on the cross. ... in the same place.
Barabbas stood as a character a mark or representative of the beast ... 213.a
The blessed have white faces; the damned have sallow faces. ... 202.d
The blessed sing of judgment and mercy. ... 203.b
The song of the blessed at the wedding of the lamb and his wife. ... in the same place.
All things are given freely to the blessed by God. ... 223.d
The torrent of pleasure for the blessed in the vision of the indwelling God. ... 229.c
The triumph of blessing on the last day. ... 220.c
The beast ascending from the abyss is the devil. ... 123.d
The beast ascending from the sea is the Antichrist. ... 145.c
The other beast, ascending from the earth, is magical power. ... 153.c
The beast was and is not: this is the consolation of the saints. ... 190.c
Both the devil and the Roman Empire are called the Beast. ... 212.b
It is blasphemy to defend one's own sin. ... 180.d
The fine linen of the bride differs from the scarlet of the prostitute. ... 203.d
A woodcut initial letter C decorated with leafy ornaments.
Celestial heaven original: "Coelum", that is, the knowledge of the law, departed from the Jews. ... 78.b
Heaven is sometimes used for the air where the wicked spirits are. ... 137.b. 219.d
Open heaven signifies the prospect of God toward us. ... 206.c
Caiaphas the false prophet spoke the truth, but not by his own meaning. ... 212.c
The reed, like a rod, given for measuring, is the faculty of writing with authority. ... 115.d
The white stone original: "calculus candidus" given to the victors in the resurrection. ... 33.c
John drank the cup of tribulation under the cross of the Lord. ... 15.c
The double cup: one is excellent, the other is the wine of the wrath of God. ... 184.c
The seven lampstands are one, just as the seven churches are one. ... 17.d
The lampstands are called golden because of faith which is tested like gold. ... 18.c
What it means to sing as if a new song. ... 162.b
The head of Christ is his divinity, therefore it is called white. ... 19.a
The heads in the tails of the horses are the kings who defend false prophets. ... 107.c
The hairs of Christ are the divine words which proceed from the head, the Word of God. ... 19.c
White hairs like white wool and like snow. ... in the same place.
The horns in the teeth Likely referring to a passage on the locusts or beasts, that is, of the Jews, through the hour, day, month, and year. ... 104.d
The song is for the blessed, the victory for those who conquer, the lamentation for the penitent. ... 199.d
The camps of the saints are armed with the word, not with iron. ... 219.4
The constancy of Catholics in the persecution by heretics. ... 144.b
The tails of the horses, that is, of the gentile kings, are the magi and false prophets. ... 107.b
The wine cellar and the king’s storehouse is the holy scripture. ... 23.d
The hundred-handed giant and the triple-bodied Geryon are monsters. ... 118.b
The Canaanites are called a third part of men for two reasons. ... 94.b
The Canaanites became wormwood to the children of Israel because of the worship of idols. ... in the same place.
The mark original: "Character" of Christ is given without respect of persons. ... 156.b
The first charity is called the principal good. ... 25.d
The error regarding the charity of Christ, which had its beginning from Mary. ... 109.a. 115.d
The worn-out strings on the harps are the prophets and apostles. ... 161.d
There are many christs anointed ones, but one is above all his participants. ... 3.d
Christ, as a man, received all things from God. ... in the same place.
The power of revealing was given to Christ from God according to his humanity. ... in the same place.
Christ gave grace and peace to the apostles and to us. ... 7.d
Christ is a faithful witness because he saw and heard all things that he testifies. ... 8.b
Christ is called a witness rather than the Father or the Holy Spirit. ... in the same place.
Christ testifies more sufficiently than the other martyrs. ... in the same place.
Why Christ is called the firstborn of the dead rather than the first to rise again. ... in the same place.
Christ is the prince of the kings of the earth, that is, of those who are free from sin. ... 9.a
The principality of Christ differs greatly from the tyranny of this world. ... in the same place.
Christ the spouse of the church wrote a heavenly dowry for her in his testament. ... 10.c
Christ the Lord washed the Jews as well as the Greeks from sins in his own blood. ... 10.d
Christ loved us first, not as we were, but so that we might become something else. ... 10.d
Christ washed those who do not yet exist, not in act but in power. ... in the same place.
Christ made us a kingdom for the Father and priests for God. ... in the same place and 64.c
How Christ will come with the clouds. ... 11.d
Christ is the Alpha and the Omega, that is, the beginning and the end, therefore truly God. ... 13.b
Christ will greatly terrify his killers, saying: I am the Alpha and the Omega. ... in the same place.
Christ is not a recent god or lord, but the Lord God of the prophets. ... 13.d
Christ is the lamp and the light. ... 18.b
Christ is like the son of man, that is, truly man. ... 18.c
The feet of Christ, like orichalcum a bright yellow metal like gold or brass, are the human nature in him. ... 20.b
Christ, after the ascension, was seen on earth by Paul. ... 22.d
Christ is also called an angel in many places of scripture. ... in the same place. b. 90.c
In what sense Christ is called the first and the last. ... 22.c. 234.b
Christ has the keys of death and hell. ... in the same place. d. 215.c
Christ knows our infirmities and tribulations through experience. ... 28.c
Although Christ was rich, he was blasphemed as if he were poor. ... 29.d
Christ is the lily of virginity and the crown of virgins. ... 40.c
How Christ is called holy and true. ... 41.c
Christ prepares a seat and a kingdom for God and the Father until the end of the world. ... 48.d
Christ is called a man, an ox, a lion, and an eagle. ... 53.b
The genealogy of Christ according to Luke is woven through adoptive fathers. ... in the same place.
Christ is full of eyes before and behind. ... 54.d
Christ is both a lamb and a lion cub; why he is called a lion. ... 61.d
Christ is from the tribe of Judah through his humanity, but the root of David through his divinity. ... 61.b. 254.d
Christ has seven horns for strength and seven eyes for wisdom. ... 61.c
Christ is said to be as if slain because of the marks of his wounds. ... 61.c
Christ held the glory and riches of the world in contempt as an example for us. ... 61.d
There are many distinguished names for Christ in the scriptures. ... 65.c
The white horse and its rider are Christ. ... 68.d
Christ went out conquering so that he might conquer. ... 69.d
Christ is white and red according to different aspects. ... in the same place. c
God gave Christ a name above every name. ... 71.d
Christ is called Barachias, that is, the blessed of the Lord. ... 74.c
Christ is called the angel ascending from the rising of the sun. ... 80.c
The two descriptions of Christ and his form, how they differ. ... 109.c
Christ roared like a lion, crying out on the cross. ... 110.d
Christ lifted his hand in many ways. ... 112.d
Christ never swore by an utterance of an oath. ... 113.b
Christ did not swear except by himself. ... in the same place.
Christ is both the temple and the altar. ... 116.d
Christ indeed reigns now, but all things are not yet subject to him. ... 127.c
Antichrist will be contrary to Christ in all things. ... 151.b
Christ did not perform signs of vanity such as the Antichrist will perform. ... 155.d
Christ does not compel one to faith, as the Antichrist will do. ... 156.b
Christ on earth was like the sun above a white cloud. ... 167.c
Christ has a twin sickle in his hand and a golden crown on his head. ... 167.d
Why Christ was called by Isaiah: hasten to take away the spoils. ... 193.b
Christ is called the angel descending from heaven, while Satan fell from heaven. ... 197.a
Christ is called the strong angel who will throw a stone into the sea on the day of judgment. ... 201.b
Christ appeared to John in the Apocalypse through different images according to the different works of the seven spirits. ... 206.b
How Christ is faithful and true. ... 206.d
How Christ has eyes like a flame of fire. ... 207.b
How Christ has many diadems on his head. ... in the same place.
Christ is crowned in each of our virtues. ... in the same place.
Christ is the Lord of hosts and the Lord of virtues. ... 208.a
Christ is the King of kings and Lord of lords, even against the will of the Jews. ... 209.c. 210.b
Christ is called the angel standing in the sun. ... 210.d
After the ascension, Christ descends to us again invisibly. ... 215.a
Christ bound Satan for a thousand years. ... in the same place.
Christ caused the worship of demons in temples to cease. ... 216.b
Christ is one of the seven angels, for he himself speaks in all his preachers. ... 224.c
Christ is the great and high mountain. ... 224.c
Christ is one precious pearl. ... 229.a
Christ is the root in one sense, and the offspring of David in another. ... 234.d
Christ is a star to those traveling here; he is the sun to the blessed in heaven. ... in the same place.
The Christians were at Pella under Agrippa during the time of the destruction of Jerusalem. ... 79.c
Christians fleeing into the wilderness, that is, possessing nothing of their own. ... 135.d
The prophets and the teachers of the law are likened to cups original: "ciathis". ... 171.a
Cups were under the Law, vials are under the Gospel. ... 174.c
The harps of the saints are their bodies mortified for the sake of Christ. ... 63.b
The great city belongs to the devil, and its buildings are vices. ... 124.a
The city of the whole world was divided into three parts through the preaching of the Gospel. ... 184.b
The city of the devil does not have one head as the city of God does. ... 185.d
The city of the saints is holy in its merits, named Jerusalem, and new in its condition. ... 222.d
The greatest difference between these cities. ... in the same place.
A great cry ascending: one is of sin, the other of good work. ... 92.b
The strong cry is the passion of Christ, through which Babylon fell. ... 197.b
The city is set in a square because there is the greatest harmony of all things there. ... 227.c
The brightness of Christ in the flesh with the Father is like the light of seven days. ... 21.b
A man cannot see the brightness of God unless he is at the right hand of Christ. ... in the same place.
The brightness of God in the heavenly Jerusalem is in both the body and the soul. ... 225.b
What the key of David is. ... 41.c
What the wedding supper of the lamb and his wife is. ... 204.a
The eye-salve with which the eyes are to be anointed is humility. ... 45.d
General councils absorb the river of the Dragon, that is, the dogmas of heretics. ... 142.d
The horn of the Macedonian kingdom was divided into four kingdoms. ... 133.d
The horns similar to the lamb's are the deceptions of magic. ... 154.b
Christ is crowned through our individual virtues. ... 10.c. 207.b
A crown can be lost not by one predestined, but by one called, like Judas. ... 43.a
The spiritual creature of God is the renewed man. ... 44.d
The creation of man is twofold: first in nature, later in spirit. ... 58.b
How irrational creatures praise God. ... 66.d
The heart of the wicked man crackled from the strength of the fire in the future burning of the world. ... 219.d
The sign of the cross was prefigured in the law of the paschal lamb. ... 160.c
Crystal is made solid from water through ice, that is, by cold. ... 51.c
Greed original: "Cupiditas" is the great mocked prostitute with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication. ... 186.b. 187.a
Fiery cruelty accompanies the greed of kings. ... 187.c
A woodcut initial letter D with a landscape background.
Demons make a kind of confession under the earth. ... 67.c
The twofold punishment of demons is due to a twofold fault. ... 197.c
Demons are unclean and hateful birds. ... in the same place.
The damnation of the great prostitute was revealed to Daniel. ... 190.b
The twofold cause of her damnation is the shedding of blood and lust. ... 199.b. 202.b
The damnation of the impious is twofold: one in the soul only, the other in the body and soul. ... 199.a. 221.d
What it is to give God glory, honor, and blessing. ... 57.c
David rightly repented so that he was not cast out of the kingdom like Saul. ... 26.c. 37.c
After the Law, David was the first to produce prophetic scripture. ... 41.d
David is the father of Christ not only according to the flesh but also according to the spirit. ... 43.d
The seat of the kingdom is one for David the father and Christ the son. ... 49.d
The ten horns of the Dragon are ten Roman kings at the same time. ... 133.d
The tenth part of the city is the ruin of angels and impious men. ... 126.b
God's tribute is different for different people, for each according to his works. ... 37.c. 234.d
Why God is said to be like the appearance of jasper and sardius. ... 49.d
The mercy and judgment of God run together. ... 49.d. 217.b
The dignity of God compared to the glory of the saints is like the light of the sun compared to the light of the stars. ... 58.c
God creates the evil of punishment, but not the evil of fault sin. ... 195.b. 216.c. 217.c
How God hardened Pharaoh or put it into the hearts of all. ... 93.c. 195.b
God sustains the vessels of wrath, but he does not will the evil they do. ... 216.d. 217.b
The devil primarily troubles us by residing in sinners. ... 29.c
How the devil and the heretic are called light and hell. ... 72.d
The devil now possesses the Jews and gentiles with greater anger than before the passion of Christ, because they now sin through hatred and envy, whereas before they sinned through ignorance. ... 141.b
The devil does not descend as Christ did, but he fell from heaven. ... 146.a
How the devil imitates God. ... 148.d
The devil obtained the kingdom of the world not truly, but through robbery and deception. ... 149.a
The devil, though dead, lives in sin. ... 149.b
Why the devil and the Pharisees were sent alive into the pool of fire. ... 213.b
Seven diadems are attributed to the Dragon, while ten are attributed to the Beast. ... 146.d
The great day of the Lord is the day of the final judgment. ... 182.d
The opinion of Dionysius, bishop of the Corinthians, on the book of the Apocalypse. ... 14.c
Earthly riches are from God, but the rich think otherwise. ... 198.b
The doctors of the church are the angels of the gates in the heavenly Jerusalem. ... 225.d
Of the gift of the Holy Spirit, one is oil, the other wine. ... 71.d
The great and red dragon is the Devil, the enemy of the church. ... 132.d
The seven heads of the Dragon are seven impious kingdoms. ... 132.b
The Dragon uses different weapons against the people of God. ... 137.d
The Dragon was cast out, namely from the temples and the hearts of men. ... 137.a
Why the Dragon is called the ancient serpent, why the devil, why Satan. ... 139.d. 215.d
The anger of the Dragon against the woman, that is, the church, through Constantius and...