Revelation 2:1 (WEB)
“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lamp stands says these things:
Fathers and councils · 2
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he has trifled both with his own “spirit,” and with “the angel of the Church,” and with “the power of the Lord,” if he rescinded what by their counsel he had formally pronounced.”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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Gregory of Nazianzus
“And to the presiding Angels, for I believe, as John teaches me in his Revelation, that each Church has its guardian, Prepare ye the way of My people, and cast away the stones from the way, that there may be no stumblingblock or hindrance for the people in the divine road and…” — editor's note: Rev. ii. 1.
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