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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Oecumenius
And they say there is a "king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon". And the name is either appropriately made and suitable for those who engage in contemplation, or at least not only are they "ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation" according to the divine apostle (Heb. …
Dionysius bar Salibi
And the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and his name in Greek, Apollyon—however: "releasing" or "destroying" or "letting loose".
Western Saints
Bede
And they had over them a king, the angel of the abyss. Although God, who is supremely good, permits an angel fitting for such people to preside over them by hidden but just judgments.
Alcuin of York
And they had over them a king, the angel of the abyss; whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek Apollyon; in Latin Exterminans. The old enemy is not called the king of the wicked because he created them or leads them, but because he exercises the tyranny of his domination over them with God's just permission. Note also that, as already said, they are the abyss. …
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