“You fast, but Satan does not eat. You labor fervently, but Satan never sleeps. The only dimension with which you can outperform Satan is by acquiring humility, for Satan has no humility.”
- Saint Moses the Ethiopian
@3mvvd@AxadJimco I don't reject it, but I prefer to not speak too much on a book steeped in symbology to a degree that I may misspeak. It was far more readily accepted in the West and took a commentary to help ease the minds of others in the East
@3mvvd@AxadJimco The justification comes down to a saint writing, but like I said it's complicated and not something we really focus on. It's not on our reading cycles.
@3mvvd@AxadJimco In the Church, we have a slight complicated history with Revelation. It's not in our lectionaries, but it's in our canon. We won't say to not read it, just be careful to understand what you are about to read. Outside of that all I was doing was showing that it's a sword, not fire