ACC ~ Revelation 1 v13a

THE ASCENDED CHRIST IS MORE THAN SON OF MAN. VICTORINUS OF PETOVIUM: It says that “in the midst of the golden lampstands there was one walking similar to a son of man.” It says “similar,” because death had been destroyed. For when he had ascended into heaven, and when his body was united to the Spirit of glory which he received from the Father, henceforth he could be called as though Son of God and no longer as though son of man. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 1.2.

CHRIST AND THE CHURCH ARE ONE. PRIMASIUS: “And I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man.” He saw Christ who rather often desires to be called by this name. He who is the enclothed Christ is the seven lampstands themselves. Whether the seven lampstands or the seven stars, both refer to the church. … On account of the exalted nature of the divine discourse, on occasion the genus cannot be described clearly, because it is more easily seen than expressed. … So also in this passage, among the seven lampstands he is describing the church in the Son of man. “For,” the apostle says, “the two shall become one flesh, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.” As I said above, the genus is clarified through various species.COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 1.12.

“LIKE A SON OF MAN” INDICATES THE TWO NATURES. OECUMENIUS: He calls him “son of man” who for our sakes humbled himself to the form of a servant, namely, Christ, who became “fruit of the womb,” as the holy psalmist says, that is, the womb of the unwedded and ever-virgin Mary. For since Mary is a human being and our sister, it is appropriate that God the Word, conceived virginally according to the flesh, is also called “son of man.” And he has spoken with precision, for he did not say “son of man” but “like a son of man,” since he is also God and Lord of all, the Emmanuel. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 1.12-16.

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