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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Oecumenius
He says he was clothed with a garment sprinkled with blood; for in the vision the Lord also bore the symbols of the Passion and showed the all-holy body stained only with his precious blood. And his name is called the Word of God. Do you see how, fleeing the divine name in the heavens above, the vision has now set a nominative in its place, saying "the Word of God"?
Western Saints
Bede
And his name is called the Word of God. Because he who appeared as a man to suffer for a time was in the beginning with God (John 1). He is called the Word because there is nothing visible or corporeal in the substance of his nature, or because the Father created all things through him. The complete knowledge of whose nature, as he said above, is known only to himself and the Father. For the peace of God surpasses all understanding (Phil. …
Bonaventure
For unless you understand the order and origin of restoration, you cannot understand Scriptures. Now, in the Apocalypse the name of the Restorer is the Word of God: "And He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood, and His name is called the Word of God."
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