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Tertullian, on Rev 2:1
Tertullian · c. A.D. 150–220
Rev 2:1 · Douay-Rheims
“Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write: These things saith he, who holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks:”
On this verse:
“Therefore he has trifled both with his own "spirit," and with "the angel of the Church," and with "the power of the Lord," if he rescinded what by their counsel he had formally pronounced.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.