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What the Fathers say

Revelation 19:4

Eastern Fathers

Oecumenius

And a second time they raised the same hymn, and again he uttered it even more softly, that with the three times repeated alleluia the holy and much-praised Trinity might be glorified by them; for this is God. ... But to have the elders and the living creatures say Amen denotes assent to the doxology brought by the holy angels; for the Amen signifies the voice transferred into Greek from the Hebrews, "so be it."

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Western Saints

Bede

Saying: Amen, Alleluia. Although these words can be interpreted (for they translate to faith or truth and the praise of the Lord, as I have said), out of reverence for the sanctity of the original language, the first authority of that tongue is preserved. For the Church continually sings Alleluia on the Lord's days and throughout the entire Easter season because of the hope of the resurrection, which is to be in the praise of the Lord.

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