ACC ~ Revelation 14 v17

AN ANGEL WILL SERVE AS A MINISTER OF GOD. OECUMENIUS: The angel that has the sickle and comes out of the heavenly temple is in [God’s] service and the same will also be a servant of the coming consummation. Since he is heavenly and a minister of God, he is described as one who has come out of the temple in heaven. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 14.17-20.

THE THREE ANGELS RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE WORD OF TRUTH. CAESARIUS OF ARLES: If we must understand the reaper seated on the white cloud to be Christ himself, who is this vintager, unless it is the Selfsame, only in his body which is the church? Perhaps we would not be far wrong were we to understand those three angels who come out to represent the threefold sense of the Scriptures, namely, the historical, the moral and the spiritual senses. The sickle would then be the difference [between them]. EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 14.17, HOMILY 11.

CUTTING OFF THE IMPIOUS. ANDREW OF CAESAREA: Although Christ is called the “angel of great counsel” of the Father, nonetheless from the following words the present angel is shown to be one of the ministering angels, for he comes out of the heavenly temple with a sharp sickle in order to accomplish the cutting off of those who are the most impious. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 14.17.

THE CARETAKERS OF THE CHURCH. BEDE: If Christ was seen on the white cloud as a reaper, who is this vintager, unless he be the Selfsame, the repetition nicely occurring because of the twofold fruit of the church? For he who sowed good seed in his field is also he who planted a vineyard in a fertile place. However, both plantings have come to ruin because of the neglect of the caretakers. EXPLANATION OF THE APOCALYPSE 14.17.

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