ACC ~ Revelation 21 v20f

THADDEUS PREACHED CHRIST TO THE KING OF EDESSA. ANDREW OF CAESAREA: Chrysoprase is deeper in color than gold itself, and through it I think that Thaddeus is indicated. For to Abgar, king of Edessa, he proclaimed the kingdom of Christ, which is signified by gold, and his death, which is indicated by ashes. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 21.20.

THE SAINTS AND MARTYRS REVEAL THE BRIGHTNESS OF PERFECT CHARITY. BEDE: Chrysophrase has a mixed color of green and gold and even brings forth a certain purple gleam intermingled with spots of gold. It is found in India. This stone symbolizes those who by the brightness of perfect charity deserve the verdant [garden] of the eternal fatherland and reveal it even to others by the purple light of their own martyrdom. Since those who despise the present life and prefer the eternal glory follow the example of the Lord who appeared in the flesh, they already display the brightness of their merits as though in India, that is, near the rising of the sun. And because they expect to shine as the sun in the kingdom of the Father and desire then to reign with their king for whom they are now suffering, rightly are they listed in the tenth place. For through the denarius by which the workers in the Lord’s vineyard were paid, the image of the eternal king is to be perceived. There—and this would not have been possible in the ninth position—the Decalogue will be in every way fulfilled by a perfected love of God and of the neighbor. EXPLANATION OF THE APOCALYPSE 21.20.

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