Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume VII/Victorinus/Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John/From the eighth chapter



1. &#8220;And when He had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.&#8221;] Whereby is signified the beginning of everlasting rest; but it is described as partial, because the silence being interrupted, he repeats it in order. For if the silence had continued, here would be an end of his narrative. &#160;

13. &#8220;And I saw an angel flying through the midst of heaven.&#8221;] By the angel flying through the midst of heaven is signified the Holy Spirit bearing witness in two of the prophets that a great wrath of plagues was imminent. If by any means, even in the last times, any one should be willing to be converted, any one might even still be saved. &#160;