ACC ~ Revelation 14 v2

THE SINGING OF THE RIGHTEOUS. OECUMENIUS: That the sound was like that of harpists indicates the divine euphony and harmony of the song. For if “praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner,” as it is written, it is certainly seemly and fitting in the mouth of the righteous. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 14.1-5.

THE MELODIOUS SONG OF THE SAINTS. ANDREW OF CAESAREA: The voice of many waters and of thunder and of the harpers indicates the penetrating clarity of the singing of the saints and of the harmonious and melodious euphony of their song, which resounds throughout “the assembly and festal gathering of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven” and which, just as in the harmony of strings, sounds forth with the united breath of the saints and is accomplished by the dying of the desires of the body. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 14.2-3.

ALL SAINTS ARE HARPS. BEDE: The loud voice of the saints is the great devotion of love, which he says he heard from heaven. When he said that those who uttered the voice stood on Mount Zion, it was to indicate that by Mount Zion he referred to nothing other than the church who, encouraged toward overcoming the distresses of her afflictions by the sublime joy of the contemplation of her king, celebrates [his] struggles at the same time by praise and by imitation. This is truly to sing to the Lamb who is standing [on Mount Zion]. … Although all the saints are harpists of God, who crucify their flesh with its vices and lusts and praise him with psalter and harp, how much more are they who, by the privilege of an angelic purity, render themselves totally a sacrifice to the Lord and in a particular way deny themselves and, taking up their cross, “follow the Lamb wherever he goes.”

EXPLANATION OF THE APOCALYPSE 14.2.

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