Commentariorum in apocalypsim Johannis

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Mary the mother of Christ, the greatest and best part of the church. 132.a
Confidence in martyrdom, from the doctrine of Christ regarding persecutors. 56.c
Martyrs are dressed in white more than other saints. 85.b
The memory of martyrs is to be celebrated with all honor. 217.d
Martyrs are venerated even by emperors and kings. 218.a
Matthew, according to Augustine, is like a lion; according to others, he is like a man. 53.d
Matthew is full of eyes in front and behind. 55.b
A lie, why it is thought to be spoken from the abyss. 97.b
A lie is the seat of the beast, that is, the devil. 180.b.
The measure of the heavenly city is Christ. 227.a
A reed measure is given to the saints here; in heaven, it is golden. original: "ibidem"
The measure of the martyrs is 12,000 stadia. Of others, truly, 144 cubits. 228.a
Reward is given to the good before damnation to the wicked. 129.a
The merits of individuals will be known and seen by all. 44.b
A double harvest: one of the Gospel, the other of judgment. 168.b
Michael and Gabriel especially wish us well. 88.c
Michael, the angel of atonement original: "propitiationis" and our prince. original: "ibidem. d"
Michael is that angel who stood near the altar of the temple. 89.a
Ministers of the word and the altar ought to be fed only by the church. 136.b
The miserable spectacle of riches in the final fire of the world. 200.c
The meek shall possess the earth, that is, they will understand the scriptures. 1.a
Death of the soul can be called both first and second. 30.b
Death is even for the blessed, but hell is for the damned only. 220.d
The first death is sin; the second death is eternal vengeance for sin. 221.b
Moses is called the angel having power over fire. 169.b
Moses cries against the Jews: Put in your sharp sickle. original: "ibidem"
Moses cries: Do not look upon their sacrifices. original: "ibidem"
The form of this world passes away, for all things will perish by fire. 202.d
What the wall of the heavenly city is. 225.c.
The wall is the whole community of the elect. 227.b
One wall within another, like a citadel within a city. original: "ibidem. d"
The music of the harlot is condemned, but not the music of the saints. 201.d
The mystery of the number in alpha and omega. 13.c
The mysteries of the scriptures are not cheap rewards, but precious ones. 112.c
What the mystery of Babylon is. 188.d

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Sailors will be less excusable than shepherds and country folk. 201.b
Nero's hatred for the empire and the city of Rome. 194.c
The Council of Nicaea, most famous for its illustrious men. 142.c
The Nicolaitans practiced communal marriage. 26.d
Do not premeditate how you should respond. 119.d
A new name, which is to be a son of God; the wicked do not understand it. 33.d
Names of blasphemy, that is, of usurped divinity in seven kingdoms. 147.a
Names of the blessed are in the book of life; of the damned, they are written in the earth. 151.d
The name of Christ, which no one knows but himself, what it is. 207.c
Many names of Satan from various causes. 139.a. 215.d
The name of God on the foreheads of the blessed, because they are named and are sons of God. 232.b
How the New Jerusalem descends from heaven. 43.d
The new heaven, that is, there will be a new appearance of the heaven. 221.c
The Jerusalem will be new, through a double regeneration. 222.a
Night will not be in heaven, because God the true sun shines perpetually. 232.b
The clouds with which Christ will come will hide his glory from the wicked, but they will not hide his power. 11.c
Those clouds will be stormy, breathing fire, not rain. 110.a
Christ clothed in a cloud, because his divinity was hidden in flesh. 109.a
The white cloud is the immaculate flesh of Christ. 167.b
The logic and mystery of numbers. 104. d. 111. d. t.

The even number is threefold, namely perfect, diminished, and superfluous. 117.d
The various resolution into its parts of this number 1,260. 118.c
The number 1,290 is smaller in its superfluous parts than the number 1,260. 120.b
The number of the beast, that is, Antichrist, is 666 with various mysteries. 156.d
The number of God is sevenfold, but that of man is sixfold. 157.d
The mystery of the number 144,000 regarding faith and works. 160.d
The number of the damned is not like the stars of heaven, but like the sand of the sea. 218.d

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Octavian Augustus took the robbery of the divine name for himself. 147.c
How the eyes of Christ are fiery or like a flame of fire. 19. d. 34.c
All Christians ought to have eyes in front and behind. 54.d
How hidden sins ought to be corrected. 39. b. (55.b
How the eyes of Christ are fiery or like a flame of fire. 121.c
The olive, a sign of mercy. 39. b. 200. b
How works of fear and works of charity differ. 34. d
Works are not full when a sinning priest ministers in the Church. 39. d
What is called direct prayer. 90. a
Original sin, the cause of our tribulation. 85. a

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Palms in the hands of the saints. 84. b
Shepherds and farmers will not mourn like kings and merchants. 201. d
The Father in divine matters is to come differently than the Son as judge. 6. d
The Father is called the Ancient of Days in Daniel. 7. a
The Father and the Son are equally old, the Father is not older by even a moment. 19. b
Patmos is interpreted as a strait, because the sea boils there. 15. d
Why Paul placed mercy first in his greeting to Timothy. 6. c
Paul did not prefer himself, but made himself equal to the other apostles. 16. c
God easily forgives those sinning through ignorance or weakness, but not those sinning through pride who defend their sins. 233. b
Those sinning in pride are abandoned by God. original: "ibidem"
The persecution of Catholics by the Arians was most cruel. 143. d
Why the feet of Christ are said to be like fine brass original: aurichalco. 20. b. 34. b.
The feet of Christ are preachers or carriers of the gospel. 110. a
Those feet, before the passion of the Lord, were left; after, they were right. original: "ibidem"
The right foot upon the sea, that is, the gentiles; the left upon the land, that is, Judea. original: "ibidem"
The feet of the beast, that is, Antichrist, are the worst attendants of wickedness. 148. b
Peter, having become a pillar of fire, poured the light of truth into the church. 110. a
Pharaoh was called a great mountain because of his pride. 93. a
Pharaoh through pride bears the type of the devil. 147. b
The life of the Pharisees in secret was execrable. 213. c
The vials or bowls of the saints are hearts dilated through charity. 63. b
The vials are the apostles and apostolic men. 170. d
Where and when the pouring out of the vials was done. 175. c
The fifth vial to be poured out upon heretics. 180. b
The sixth vial of the evil ones, the sad ones: poets, philosophers, magicians. 181. b
The pouring out of the seventh vial will be upon demons, because they are the inventors of all evils. 183. c
The vanity of the gentile philosophers in the allegories of the gods. 182. b
Some of the plagues are called first, others last. 171. b
The first 7 plagues are signified by the trumpets; the last by the vials. 175. d
The golden cup of the harlot, in which is error and forgetfulness. 188. b
The poderis priestly robe designates Christ as priest. 18. c
Poets are very similar to frogs, puffed up in the law of fables. 128. b

The repentance of the damned in the fire of the world and the day of judgment, what it will be like. 200. d
A hired pontiff bishop, similar to Balaam, is the cause of many evils. 32. d
The people limping in two directions ought to be rebuked by the example of Elijah. 35. c
The twelve gates of the heavenly city are the twelve apostles. 225. d
Powerful ones who despise the excommunication original: "anathema", he struck into death, they live like the devil. 149. c. (137. c
The battle in heaven of Michael with the dragon is mystical and imaginary. 136. d
The battle of Christians in heaven, that is, against spiritual wickedness in the heavenly places. 137. d
The battle of the beast and the kings of the earth against Christ. 212. d
The leaders of the Churches are called stars, and they are also called angels. 20. c. 23. c
The leaders who teach the faith and strike at bad habits. 23. b.
The leaders are mystically called Hyades and Pleiades in the tomb this may be a typo for "tomis", volumes. 23. c
Leaders or prelates ought to love the person but hate the vice. 38. c
Good leaders are likened to the four animals which are full of eyes. 54. c
Rewards will be rendered to each one according to his works. 234. d
The problems of Christ ought to be resolved from the scriptures. 137. b
Prophecy is not only about the future, but also about the past and the present. 4. c
Prophecy according to its etymology is properly about the future. original: "ibidem"
Prophecy is a vision in the spirit, not of one's own, but of God. 16. b
The prophets did not cross beyond the Euphrates like the apostles. 181. c
How the prophets ought to be understood by us. 226. d
A brief exposition of the eighth Psalm according to the faces of the four animals. 57. d
The Psalms are the scriptures of Christ's interest original: "foeneris". 210. b
False prophets, the assembly of the Pharisees and Caiaphas. 212. c
They are false prophets, whoever deceive the people with words of fallacy. original: "ibidem"
False and alien beauty in gold and gems. 187. d. 190. b
Purgatory fire after this life wipes away forgivable sins. 228. c
The well of the abyss is a lie, because it is without a foundation. 97. c

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What kind of people bishops and priests ought to be. 40. a
What the four-times-three gates designate: faith in the Trinity. 226. a
The four animals in the midst of the throne are the four Evangelists. 51. d
The four animals designate the four sacraments or mysteries of Christ. 52. b. 68. b
The four gospels and 5 books of Moses around the throne. original: "ibidem. c"
The four worst judgments of God: sword, famine, evil beasts, and pestilence. 72. b
Four angels bound in the Euphrates, four principal kingdoms. 102. b
The four ages of the world, according to the four quarters of the sky. 226. b
"Who was, who is, and who is to come," which is said of the Father and the Son. 6. d. 36. c
"He who does harm, let him do harm still," how it is understood. 233. b (178. c
Whatever is done against prelates redounds to God. 179. d

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To be caught up to the third heaven is to receive truth through revelation. 16. e
Rebels against their prelates blaspheme against God. 179. d
Only humans are called "redeemed," not angels, nor other creatures.
Double regeneration, one through baptism, the other through the final (63. d
resurrection. 222. a
The African kingdom, among which of the four principal ones it is placed. 102. c
All kingdoms and every power are from God. 103. c
The kingdom of Christ, which is the church, still has many scandals within itself. 127. c

The saints are said to reign over the earth, not in the earth. 64. d
The kings of the world are servants of the earth. 9. a
The kings of the 4 kingdoms, evil servants, whom God used against the Jews. 104. b
The seven kings, because of pride, are called seven mountains. 191. c
Five kings have fallen, who afflicted the people of God. original: "ibidem"
How those kings have not yet received a kingdom. 192. b
The hatred of the kings of the earth for their own kingdoms. 194. c
The hatred of worldly kings against the woman is from the good gifts of God. 195. c
The deeds of all kings are both first ordained by God and predicted in the scriptures. original: "ibidem"
The kings of the earth bear a harlot-like and ignominious yoke. 196. c
The principal fault of kings is in their fornications from God. 197. d
Double resurrection, just as there is double death, namely of the soul and the body.
The Roman See is the highest tribunal in the church. 217. d (218. b
The religion of the Roman See comes from the tradition of the mystery of the martyrs. original: "ibidem"

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A Sabbath journey, a thousand paces, what it designates mystically. 170. c
The sackcloth of mourners and especially of penitents is a garment. 120. c
We are all priests spiritually, so that we may offer not smoke but the spirit. 10. c
Bad priests act like Balaam. 32. b. (64. c
Unchaste bad priests follow the Nicolaitans. original: "ibidem. c"
Priests cannot enter into lawful marriage. original: "ibidem"
The ambition and greed of priests. 121. b.
The sacrifice common to all is the host of thanks, the voice of praise. 10. d
The saints are both servants and friends of God. 64. d
Wisdom is perceived in leisure and solitude. 143. b
No one saw Satan fall from heaven, except Christ alone. 97. b
Satan is the accuser of the brother, through the handwriting of sin. 140. a
Satan bound and made foolish. 215. c.
Saul did not repent rightly as David did. 26. b.
With three crimes committed, conversion does not happen in the fourth. 233. d
The nature of scorpions. 98. b
Each person is allowed to write new commentaries, saving the faith. 2. a
To write new commentaries is to seek new wells of living water. original: "ibidem"
Holy Scripture is called the promised land. 1. b
All of Holy Scripture is called one book. 59. a
Why the apostles did not write down the mysteries of the scriptures. 111. d
The book of scriptures in the mouth is sweet like honey. 115. a
Holy Scripture is an eagle, whose two wings are the two testaments. 143. a
Holy Scripture is called a voice from heaven because it is divinely inspired. 161. c
Why scripture is compared to waters and thunders. original: "ibidem"
The blessed in heaven do not need the leaves of the scriptures. 229. d
What it means to sit on the throne of Christ. 46. b.
The throne placed in heaven is the Church of Christ. 48. c
Who the twenty-four elders around the throne of God are. 49. c
They are called elders because of the maturity of their faith. 50. b
Seven women taking hold of one man, what they designate. 5. b
The seven spirits of God are the seven gifts of the one sevenfold spirit. 7. c
Many mysteries of the number seven. original: "ibidem. 20. d. 59. a"
The double order of the seven spirits of God: ascent and descent. 4. 6. d. 224. a
The seven spirits of God are seven stones illuminating the face of God. 50. d
The seven mysteries of Christ are the fullness of all scripture. 60. a
The seven seals of the book are the seven mysteries of Christ. 67. d
The whole universe is designated by the number seven. 84. d. 111. b. 174. c
Seven principal kingdoms by which the church is attacked. 132. c. 146. b
Those seven kingdoms have the power of the sword along with magical art. 153. c
The sculpture of Christ divinely foreseen through the law, hanging on the wood. 125. a