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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Dionysius bar Salibi
And he harvested the vine of the earth and threw it into the press of the wrath of God. And that press was trampled outside the city, and blood flowed out from the press up to the bridles of horses, for a thousand six hundred stades—Zechariah has also spoken thus of the war, which before the coming of the Lord will be started by that adversary against those who in the beginning stood against him. …
Western Saints
Bede
And he cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God, etc. If this harvest and vintage pertains only to the wicked, the winepress signifies punishment. But if also to the good, the treading of the winepress and the threshing floor's tribulation crushes the useless, while proving the useful. As the Apostle says, precious metals are proven by fire, but wood, hay, and stubble are consumed (I Cor. III). Both of these are conducted outside the heavenly Jerusalem. …
Victorinus of Pettau
"And the angel thrust in the sickle, and reaped the vine of the earth, and cast it into the wine-press of the wrath of God. And the wine-press of His fury was trodden down without the city." In that he says that it was cast into the wine-press of the wrath of God, and trodden down without the city, the treading of the wine-press is the retribution on the sinner. …
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