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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Oecumenius
They proclaim: "Salvation belongs to our God and to the Lamb," acknowledging that salvation is with them, confessing that those sealed as servants of God have been preserved from the total destruction of the world.
Western Saints
Bede
And they cried out with a loud voice, saying: Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb. With a loud voice, that is, with great devotion and unceasing praise, they profess that the Father and the Son reign on the throne, that is, in the Church, with the Holy Spirit likewise reigning together. For it is said: To the One sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb (Apocalypse V), as it is said in the Gospel: That they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent (John XVII). …
Alcuin of York
And they cried with a loud voice, saying. We understand here not a cry of the body, but of the heart: this great voice is a great feeling of devotion, because one cries with their voice more the more they love God. Salvation to our God, who sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb. The order can also be, "To our God, and to the Lamb who sitteth upon the throne, salvation." The person of the Holy Spirit is also understood in them, according to the rule already mentioned. …
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