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Andrew Of Caesarea
bishop and author
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- Flourished:
- 7th century
- Flourished:
- c.501 - c.700
Andrew Of Caesarea (flourished 7th century) was a bishop of Caesarea, and the author of possibly the most significant Greek commentary on the book of Revelation (Apocalypse) from the era of the Church Fathers. His annotations seem to have influenced the Greek version of that biblical text. Andrew’s exposition of the book of Revelation is marked by a specific Christian interpretation of history which views that biblical text as expressing the actual divine government of the world. He asserted that the biblical text’s figurative and symbolic senses are not to be taken as simply imaginative. Rather, these “mystical” forms are ...(100 of 201 words)