Nicholas of Gorran

“First is the incarnation Is. 8. Second is the nativity Is. 7. Third is the passion Is. 53. Fourth is the descent into hell Zech 9. Fifth was the resurrection Hosea 6. Sixth is the ascension Is. 63. Seventh is the coming judgment Is. 3.”

“And I saw. He uses a copulative conjunction 'and', because what is said here is not a different vision from the preceeding one, but they are joined as one section with another.”

“sealed with seven seals. that is, with all obscurity. And because all time is enveloped in seven days, wholeness is rightly signified by the number seven.”