Cosmas Indicopleustes

In his own words on 2 Peter

• 2 Peter 3:12-13

  In which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt in fervent heat but [we look for] new heavens and the new earth, has this as its purport, that with a great noise, as in the twinkling of an eye, all the elements, being on fire as in a furnace and being thus purified, undergo the change for the better. And as regards the heavens and the earth—these shall be made new and the conditions of life in them shall be changed in accordance with the saying of Paul: The fashion of this world passeth away; as if he said: the present order of things shall be changed, the succession of day and night shall cease, the stars shall no longer accomplish their courses and the air shall no longer be in motion, and neither the water nor the earth shall any more produce their harvests, but a new state of things shall be introduced suitable for immortal and incorruptible men and angels.

  The Christian Topography, Book 7