Revelation

Introduction APOCALYPSE - Introduction THE APOCALYPSE OF ST. JOHN, THE APOSTLE. PREFACE. Though some in the first ages[centuries] doubted whether this book was canonical, and who was the author of it, (see Eusebius, lib. 7, History of the Church, chap. xxv.) yet it is certain much the greater part of the ancient fathers acknowledged both that it was a part of the canon, and that it was written by St. John, the apostle and evangelist. See Tillemont, in his ninth note upon St. John, where he cites St. Justin Martyr, St. Iren�us, St. Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, St. Cyprian, St. Athanasius., Eusebius, St. Ambrose, St. Jerome, St. Augustine, &c. It was written in Greek to the churches in Asia[Asia Minor], under Domitian, about the year 96[A.D. 96] or 97, long after the destruction of Jerusalem, when St. John was banished to the island of Patmos, in the �gean Sea.…

• Rv 1:17 — I am the first and the last.
• Rv 5:8 — Incense of the saints.
• Rv 7:9 — A great multitude.
• Rv 12:1 — Woman clothed with the sun.
• Rv 12:17 — Rest of her offspring.
• Rv 19:9 — The marriage supper of the Lamb.
• Rv 21:1 — A new heaven and a new earth.

• Brant Pitre, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary
• Scott Hahn, The Lamb’s Supper
• Scott Hahn, Hail, Holy Queen
• Scott Hahn & Curtis Mitch, Ignatius Catholic Study Bible
• Second Vatican Council, Dei Verbum
• Pontifical Biblical Commission, The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church (1993)