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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Oecumenius
These things says the Amen. This is equivalent to what the True one says (Rev. 3:7), as explained above. For Amen means Yes. Yes, for in Him there is neither no nor anything contrary concerning what is spoken about Him (2 Cor 1:19). And the faithful witness has been mentioned above (Rev. 2:13). Therefore, it is unnecessary to speak twice about the same things. He says He is the beginning of the creation of God. …
Western Saints
Bede
These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, etc. Amen is truly or faithfully interpreted. Therefore, Christ, who is in the essence of divinity the truth, reminds us that he is made the beginning of the creation of God through the mystery of the Incarnation, so that through these things he conforms the Church to endure sufferings.
Alcuin of York
And to the angel of the church of Laodicea, write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, who is the beginning of the creation of God. Amen translates to "true," which we should take as referring to that Truth which said about itself, I am the truth. …
Hippolytus of Rome
This (heresiarch) makes the following statement. There are three unbegotten principles of the universe, two male (and) one female. Of the male (principles), however, a certain one, is denominated good, and it alone is called after this manner, and possesses a power of prescience concerning the universe. But the other is father of all begotten things, devoid of prescience, and invisible. …
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