And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
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Bede
AD 735
Amen: Amen is interpreted, "truly," or "faithfully." Christ, therefore, Who in the essence of His divinity is truth, declared that, by the mystery of His Incarnation, He was made "the beginning of the creation of God," that He may train the Church by these things for the endurance of sufferings <a
Laodicea: Laodicea means "the lovely tribe of the Lord," or, "they were in vomiting." For there were there both those to whom He said, "I will spew thee out of My mouth," and those also to whom He said this, "Whom I love, I rebuke and chasten." But, according to the Greek, it is interpreted, "a just people."
The winds assemble into lightnings, the heavenly wrath rages; and wherever the wicked man fleeth, he is seized upon by this fire. There will be no succour nor ship of he sea. Amen
The seventh and last letter is to the Angel of the Church of Laodicia. Christ here takes the title of the Amen, as if he said, I am the Truth.
The beginning of the creation, or of the creatures of God, to which is added in the first chapter, the beginning and the end.
Thou art neither cold nor hot, but lukewarm. A dreadful reprehension, whatever exposition we follow. According to the common interpretation, by the cold are meant those who are guilty of great sins; by the hot, such as are zealous and fervent in piety and the service of God; by the lukewarm or tepid, they who are slothful, negligent, indolent, as to what regards Christian perfection, the practice of virtue, and an exact observance of what regards the service of God. On this account they are many times guilty in the sight of God of great sins, they forfeit the favour and grace of God, fancying themselves good enough and safe, because they live as others commonly do, and are not guilty of many scandalous and shameful crim...
And from such an intercourse the Father generates out of Edem unto himself twelve angels. And the names of the angels begotten by the Father are these: Michael, Amen,
Moreover, the seventh association of the Church declares that they are rich men placed in positions of dignity, but believing that they are rich, among whom indeed the Scriptures are discussed in their bedchamber, while the faithful are outside; and they are understood by none, although they boast themselves, and say that they know all things—endowed with the confidence of learning, but ceasing from its labour.
