The Revelation of John · Lecture 038
The Revelation of John 38
A lecture by Fr. Athanasios Mytilinaios · Δείτε στα Ελληνικά
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Summary
In this thirty-eighth lecture, Fr. Athanasios opens Revelation 8 with the Second Angel's trumpet, where a burning mountain-like object falls into the sea, turning a third to blood and destroying sea life and ships. He contrasts the allegorical readings of Andreas of Caesarea and Arethas, shaped by the limits of their era, with modern conditions in which literal catastrophes appear plausible. Andreas's methodological caution is emphasized: time and watchful experience may progressively disclose Revelation's meaning, and gaps in interpretation can be honest. Basil the Great's literal reading of Paradise is used against excessive Alexandrian allegory, while Wormwood, pollution, radioactive or chemical contamination, and meteorite events are discussed as possible present prefigurations or analogues.
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