Revelation 1:20 (WEB)
The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lamp stands are seven assemblies.
Fathers and councils · 2
Augustine of Hippo
“And this Holy Spirit is in Scripture especially spoken of by the number seven, whether in Isaiah or in the Apocalypse, where the seven Spirits of God are most directly mentioned, on account of the sevenfold operation of one and the self-same Spirit.” — editor's note: Rev. i. 20.
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Tertullian
“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he has trifled both with his own “spirit,” and with “the angel of the Church,” and with “the power of the Lord,” if he rescinded what by their counsel he had formally pronounced.” — editor's note: Comp. Rev. i. 20; ii. 1, 8, 12, 18; iii. 1, 7, 14.
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