Revelation 3:1 (WEB)
“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
Fathers and councils · 3
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he has trifled both with his own “spirit,” and with “the angel of the Church,” and with “the power of the Lord,” if he rescinded what by their counsel he had formally pronounced.”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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Augustine of Hippo
“And so the Holy Spirit, of whom the Lord says, “He will teach you all truth,” is signified by this number.” — editor's note: In Isa. xi. 2, as he shows in his eighth sermon, where this subject is further pursued; otherwise, one might have supposed he referred to Rev. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“Are they not there called the seven Spirits of God, while there is only one and the same Spirit dividing to every one severally as He will?” — editor's note: Rev. iii. 1.
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in The City of God XI.31.
Cited together in The City of God XI.31.
Cited together in The City of God XI.31.
Cited together in The City of God XI.31.
Cited together in The City of God XI.31.
Cited together in The City of God XI.31.