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What the Fathers say

Revelation 19:12

Eastern Fathers

Oecumenius

And his eyes, he says, are a flame of fire. The wrath against the enemies, he shows by the burning of the eyes. And on his head he says many crowns, as many certainly as there are orders reigning in heaven and on earth. He says he had a name written, that no man knew but himself. God says in the Exodus of the seventh day to the prophetic Moses: "I am the Lord who appeared to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob being their God; and I did not declare to them my name, the Lord," (Ex. …

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Western Saints

Bede

He has a name written that no one knows but himself. He says, no one knows but himself, because all the Church is in him. The perfect knowledge of the Word of God is revealed to those who have deserved to be the body and members of Christ. In the same way, the Lord says: No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man (John 3).

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