Revelation 14:1

Celebrating the Church's Liturgy

• §1138Article 1 · Celebrating the Church's LiturgyRead at vatican.va

  “…(the four living beings), the servants of the Old and New Covenants (the twenty-four elders), the new People of God (the one hundred and forty-four thousand),” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rev 4- 5; 7:1-8; 14:1; Isa 6:2-3.

The Second Commandment

• §2159Article 2 · The Second CommandmentRead at vatican.va

  “"Then I looked, and Lo, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads."” — Catechism footnote: Rev 14:1.

Jerome

• Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 1

  “Let us read the Apocalypse of John, and we shall there find the Lamb upon Mount Sion, and with Him “a hundred and forty-four thousand of them that were sealed, having His name and the name of His Father written in their foreheads, who sing a new…” — editor's note: xiv. 1 sq.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 22

  “These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.”” — editor's note: Rev. xiv. 1–4.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 48

  “Again, in discussing the one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed virgins who were not defiled with women, I have tried to show that all who have not remained virgins are reckoned as defiled when compared with the perfect chastity of the angels and of our Lord Jesus Christ.” — editor's note: Rev. xiv. 1, 4.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Of Holy Virginity Chapter 27

  “For thus there saw you in the Apocalypse a certain one beloved above others by the Lamb, who had been wont to lie on His breast, and who used to drink in, and burst forth, the Word of God above wonders of heaven.” — editor's note: Rev. xiv. 1–5

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.23Book II

  “Also in the Apocalypse: “And I saw a Lamb standing on Mount Sion, and with Him a hundred and forty and four thousand; and they had His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads.”” — editor's note: Rev. xiv. 1.

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• Revelation 22:13

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.23.

• Revelation 22:14

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.23.

• Exodus 12:13

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.23.

• Psalm 45:1

  Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 27.

• Psalm 96:1

  Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 27.

• Ezekiel 9:4

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.23.

• Ezekiel 9:5

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.23.

• Ezekiel 9:6

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.23.

• Luke 12:35

  Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 27.

• Luke 12:36

  Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 27.

• 1 Peter 2:21

  Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 27.

• Revelation 2:17

  Cited together in Catechism §2159.