Revelation 3:7 (WEB)
“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
Catechism · 1
“…of events: "Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases." and so it is with Christ, "who opens and no one shall shut, who shuts and no one opens".” — Catechism footnote: Rev 3:7.
Fathers and councils · 5
Irenaeus of Lyons
“But in all things [it is implied that] nothing has been kept back [from Him], and for this reason the same person is the Judge of the living and the dead; “having the key of David: He shall open, and no man shall shut: He shall shut, and no man shall open.”” — editor's note: Rev. iii. 7.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“For He was Himself the perfect Seal, and the Church is the key: “He who openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth,” as John says.” — editor's note: Apoc. iii. 7.
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Jerome
“How many there are to-day who fancy themselves learned, yet the scriptures are a sealed book to them, and one which they cannot open save through Him who has the key of David, “he that openeth and no man shutteth; and shutteth and no man openeth.”” — editor's note: Rev. iii. 7.
Read the whole comment“Unless all things that are written are opened by Him “who hath the key of David, who openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth,” no one can undo the lock or set them before you.” — editor's note: Rev. iii. 7.
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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he has trifled both with his own “spirit,” and with “the angel of the Church,” and with “the power of the Lord,” if he rescinded what by their counsel he had formally pronounced.”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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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Catechism §303.
Cited together in Catechism §303.