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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Oecumenius
Into the air indeed he poured out his bowl; and the voice said It is done. What has been done? The decree, that is, of God and His plan.
Western Saints
Bede
And the seventh poured out his vial into the air, etc. Just as above the blood of vengeance up to the horse bridles, namely the unclean spirits went out, so also here when the same aerial powers are drenched with the final vengeance, it is said to have happened, that is, the end is at hand, when (as the Apostle says) the last enemy, death, will be destroyed (1 Cor. 15). Thus far under the name of plagues is described the final persecution, which Tyconius wants to be understood all oppositely. …
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