“In the seven angels we shall recognize again the church according to that rule that indicates that universality is often to be acknowledged in the number seven. [The church] is said to have received a most powerful trumpet of proclamation by which she is strong and by which, we believe, every age comes to faith. For w…”
Ticonius, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 8:2
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2And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
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1And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
— Revelation 8:2 —
3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.