ACC ~ Revelation 22 v3

JOY IN THE VISION OF CHRIST’S FACE. APRINGIUS OF BEJA: There will be [in that city] nothing accursed, that is, no temptation will approach, no profane sin shall be recorded through the rashness of the envious one. Rather, in its midst will be the rule of the divine power and of the Lamb. All will serve him with the exaltation of that city’s happiness. They shall rejoice in the vision of his face and in the sweetness of his presence, and they shall bear his name engraved in the sign of his cross on their foreheads. TRACTATE ON THE APOCALYPSE 22.3-4.

THE SAINTS WILL WORSHIP WITH JOY AND SPIRITUAL GLADNESS. OECUMENIUS: Even were now curses especially put to flight, we are nonetheless tossed about by them, with thousands of allegations brought up against us with our knowledge and even without our knowledge. But then the saints will be clean and untainted of any stain of the soul as well as of the body. And the rule of God will exist in the city, for this is the meaning of “the throne.” The saints “shall worship him,” it says, not with a worship that is laborious but that done with joy and spiritual gladness. [Such worship] comes from the vision of his face. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 21.26-22.5.

THE RULE OF THE ONE GODHEAD IS INDIVISIBLE. PRIMASIUS: He does not speak here of thrones. For where there is a natural and undifferentiated unity, there the glory of the Godhead may be especially esteemed. There is one throne of an indivisible rule that cannot be divided by the cunning of Arian depravity or confounded by the doubts of Sabellian vanity. Rather, it is able to be contemplated only by the reception of catholic truth and is proven to be rightly held by the confession of her faith. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 22.3.

NOTHING DEDICATED TO THE DEVIL WILL BE IN THE CITY. ANDREW OF CAESAREA: Anathema can be interpreted in a twofold manner. It either refers to that which is holy for many but is dedicated to God alone, or it refers to that which is sacred to the whole of creation and to the holy powers but is attributed to the devil because of his utter alienation and separation from that which is good. We think that here katathema is used in an emphatic sense. For such a thing is not dedicated to anyone, but it is “put aside” for the devil, being subordinated to him and condemned along with him. Such a thing will not exist within that city. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 22.3.

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