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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Dionysius bar Salibi
Seven churches, to Ephesus, to Smyrna, etc.—Those cities are in the region of Asia; the beginning calls them churches.
Western Saints
Bede
And send to the seven churches, etc. The Church of Christ was not then only in these places, but the fullness consists in the number seven. Asia, which is interpreted as elevation, designates the proud height of the world in which the Church sojourns; and, as is the custom of divine mystery, the genus fits the species. For the Apostle Paul also writes to seven churches; not, however, the same as John. …
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