a Lamb 

A Bare Record 

in the first chapter of the Apocalypse.  The name John is mentioned two times in the third person and once in the first person.  John the Apostle knew “who bare record” and the seven churches.  John the Baptist knew the Lamb and the seven spirits but not the churches or Jesus.  John Chrysostom on the isle of Patmos at the beginning of the fifth century knew all of this including Jerome’s Latin translation of the bible.  Nicolaus Morosow based on astronomy pointed to Chrysostom as the writer of the Apocalypse.  All these dots can be connected in a reasonable way.   

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The Bible

A Canon 

that includes the Apocalypse for one reason only.  Jerome was convinced it was written by the Apostle John.  Jerome communicated with everyone except Chrysostom.  Chrysostom quoted every book of the Bible except the Apocalypse.  He didn’t think it was written by the Apostle.  His visit to Ephesus may have changed his mind.  

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The Vulgate

A Bible

to be trusted.  Jerome didn’t just translate the Bible.  He had to find reliable manuscripts.  Augustine warned him that another translation would just add to the confusion that already existed.  Chrysostom may have determined the final version of the Apocalypse.  Before this there was little agreement as to whether it belonged in the Bible. 
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Jerome Augustine Chrysostom

A First Resurrection 

for those who reigned with Christ.  Fathers of the Church who kept the faith during troubled times.  Jerome gave us the Bible.  Augustine taught there was no reason without faith.  Chrysostom gave his life trying to correct corruption within the Church.  They were major figures at the beginning of the fifth century.  What can they teach us?    
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an astronomer and

A Date 

link Chrysostom to the Apocalypse.  The astronomer is Morozow.  The date is 395.  Gibbon taught me not to trust dates.  Baur taught me that it was January 401 when Chrysostom arrived in  Ephesus to replace seven bishops.  It would take three months.  Charles taught me about Morozow.  I had already suspected Chrysostom.  He was the only notable John around when five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come.  They being the seven dynasties of the Roman Empire.   
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