Commentary on the Apocalypse

General Index

GENER A L INDEX Abel, 82 Abgar, king of Edessa, 229 Abraham, 97, 198 abyss, 120, 121, 122, 123n15, 124, 205–6; beast ascends from, 132, 184; of divine judgment, 85, 116 Adam, 143, 209n3, 223 adjutant(s) of the devil, 151, 153, 169, 244 affliction(s), of the end times, 13, 97, 98, 100, 112, 115, 120, 133, 168, 172, 173, 180, 202; affects creation, 103; God blamed, blasphemed for, 172, 173, 180; suffered for Christ, 66; not to be feared, 67; will not last long, 76; purpose of, 36, 107 120, 133, 167, 172, 173, 180, 195. See also torment, punishment Alexander the Great, 185, 186 Alexandria, 12, 16n21, 32, 153n12, 184n19, 241n14 Alexandrinus, Codex, 239n3 allegory, 13, 14, 26, 27, 28, 33, 52n8, 132, 226n11 “alleluia,” meaning of, 196 Alogoi, 5, 54n20 Alpha and Omega. See Christ altar, 23, 91n4, 92, 96, 112, 113, 123, 130, 162, 170, 206 “amen,” meaning of, 25, 59, 196 anagoge. See Andrew, Commentary, exegesis Andrew of Caesarea, 3–42; life, 4; episcopal reign, 4; assigned to write commentary, 16–17, 51–52; believes Apocalypse is inspired, 53–54; end is not near, 12–15, 51; cannot know time of the end, 13, 51, 53; pastoral interests, 14, 21, 22, 29; eschatology, 12–13, 33–34, 37–39; other works, 4, 4n2; obedient to his task, 52, 53; training, 4, 24, 28; theology, 34–37; liturgical orientation, 23; sacramental orientation, 23–24; gave out drafts of commentary, 18, 246 Andrew of Caesarea, Commentary: authorship, 3, 16–17, 51; date of commentary, 9, 15–16; does not understand everything, 51–53; historical milieu, 11–12, 15–16; motivation for commentary, 9–10; purpose of commentary, 12–14, 29; recipient of commentary, 16–17; is responding to Oikoumenios, 9–10; reports many opinions, 19–20, 22; methodology, 25–28; division of commentary, 18–19, 40n120, 53; importance of commentary, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 18, 10, 20, 42; commentary as catena, 19; Andreas manuscripts, 3n1, 4n2, 10, 18, 41, 42; manuscript variations in Andreas text, 25, 55n3, 75, 107n50, 108n55, 137n11, 180n6; structure and style, 18–19, 53; sources, 7, 8, 9, 19, 31–32, 207n44; translations of the commentary, 39–40 249 250 GENER AL INDEX Andrew of Caesarea, Commentary, exegesis: contribution to Apocalypse text, 41–42; legacy of the commentary, 42; exegesis, 18–19, 25–31; anagoge, anagogical sense, 28, 52, 116; context, 28, 29–30; skopos, 28; theoria, 28; historia, literal sense, 26; sequence, 30; tropologia, 27; typology, 26–27; did not allegorize, 13, 26, 27, 28; discusses figurative meaning, figurative interpretation, 37, 53, 63, 69, 90, 92, 97, 100, 116, 122, 127, 138, 140, 163, 184, 233; discusses historical sense, literal meaning, 5, 13, 18, 19, 26–27, 52– 53, 85, 92, 158, 183, 211; discusses skopos, 28, 29; discusses symbolic language in Revelation, 6, 13, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31, 34, 37, 38, 53, 61, 75, 82, 85, 87, 92, 113, 145, 153, 164, 170, 182, 221, 228, 229; three levels of interpretation, 25–28, 52–53; view of prophecy and history, 13, 26, 32–34; wordassociation , 28, 31 angel, angels, 55, 63, 66, 67, 69, 73, 74, 75, 77, 80, 86, 90, 102, 115, 122, 123, 127, 157, 158, 161, 162, 182, 183, 190, 194, 195, 198, 202, 224, 226, 237; orderliness of, 88, 112, 128, 166; variety of, ranking of, 60n28, 82, 88, 103, 128, 129, 200, 202, 224, 233; purity of, 63, 166, 225; piety of, 112, 238; brightness, brilliance of, 63, 127, 190, 201; unity of, 201, 204; humility of, 199; virtue of, 127, 201; knowledge of, 77, 84, 86, 103, 112, 113, 130, 131; grieve over sin, 170; imitate God, 119, 145, 157, 170; refuse to be worshiped, 199, 238; responsibilities of, 143, 157, 162, 169, 205, 206, 223, 226; guard the churches, 63, 214; reveal the vision, 55, 235, 236, 238, 240; shows or explains the harlot, 181– 83, 187; shows the Bride of the Lamb, 223; their war against the devil and demons, 142; mocked the devil, 139; delight over devil’s ejection, 144; their divine love, 113; guardian angel, 170, 224; love humans, 22, 119, 243; assist, serve humans, 103, 113, 157, 170, 223, 235; co-workers with the apostles, 224; appear to people, 110; are sent by God, 236; cocelebrate liturgy with people, 110; are part of the Church, 88, 110, 220, 243; participate in worship, 23, 135, 196; bring prayers to God, 112, 113, 170; worship, praise...