Interpretation of the Apocalypse of St. John the Evangelist

Contents Chapter 1 Article one Article two Chapter 2 Article three Article four Article five Article six Chapter 3 Article seven Article eight Article nine Chapter 4 Article ten Chapter 5 Article eleven Article twelve Chapter 6 Article thirteen Article fourteen Article fifteen Article sixteen Article seventeen Article eighteen Chapter 7 Article nineteen Article twenty Chapter 8 Article twenty-one Article twenty-two Article twenty-three Article twenty-four Article twenty fifth Chapter 9 Article twenty-six Article twenty-seven Chapter 10 Article twenty-eight Article twenty-nine Chapter 11 Article thirty Article thirty-one Article thirty-two Article thirty-three Chapter 12 Article thirty-four Article thirty-five Chapter 13 Article thirty-six Article thirty-seven Article thirty-eight Chapter 14 Article thirty-nine Article forty Article forty-one Article forty-two Article forty-three Article forty-four Chapter 15 Article forty-five Chapter 16 Article forty-six Article forty seventh Article forty-eight Article forty-nine Article fiftieth Article fifty-one Article fifty-two Chapter 17 Article fifty-third Article fifty-four Chapter 18 Article fifty-five Chapter 19 Article fifty-six Article fifty-seven Article fifty-eight Article fifty-nine Chapter 20 Article sixtieth Article sixty-one Article sixty-second Article sixty-third Article sixty-four Chapter 21 Article sixty-five Article sixty-six Article sixty-seven Chapter 22 Article sixty-eight Article sixty-nine Article seventy Article seventy-one Article seventy-two Saint Andrew, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, is the author of the first surviving interpretation of the Revelation of John the Theologian (between 563 and 614). In his work, he reveals the triple meaning of the Apocalypse: literal, tropological (from the Greek “tropo” - morality, i.e. revealing moral truths related to spiritual life) and anagogical (from the Greek “anago” - I will erect, i.e. revealing the secrets of the coming Kingdom). All subsequent interpretations of the Apocalypse are adjacent to the work of Andrew of Caesarea and are partly extracts from it. You might be interested in: