"1 A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman! the
sun 's envelope, the
moon under her feet and twelve stars crowning her head,
2 she was pregnant and crying in pain and labor of childbirth.
3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous
dragon fire red , with seven heads and ten
horns , each head crowned with a
tiara.
4 His tail swept a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to earth. Off before the woman in labor, the dragon about to devour her child once born.
5 And the woman bore a male child, who will rule all nations with a
scepter of iron: and her child was caught up 'from
God and his throne,
6 while the woman fled into the desert where God has left a shelter for it to be nourished for one thousand two hundred sixty days.
7 Then there was war in the heaven:
Michael and his
angels fought the Dragon. And the dragon fought with his
angels ,
8 but they had the worst and were driven out of
heaven.
Interpretations Woman of the Apocalypse may refer to Mary but also to the Church, Israel and Eve .
Marie
In the tradition of Catholic , this woman is sometimes referred to Mary after his assumption. This view is echoed by including Pius X , Paul VI and John Paul II . Under this interpretation, the "male child" is a reference to Jesus (Revelation 12:5), since it is intended to "lead all nations with a rod of iron" (ibid.). The dragon tried to devour the newborn at birth could be an allusion to the attempt of Herod to kill Jesus , he fled into the desert an echo of the flight into Egypt. For his death and resurrection , Jesus "was taken straight up to God and His throne" (Rev. 12:5).
In some artistic representations of the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption , Mary is sometimes depicted with the symbols related to women's Apocalypse: enveloped by the sun, crowned with stars and the moon under his feet.
However, as the biblical commentator Louis-Claude Fillion , if at first the woman of the Apocalypse seems to be the Virgin Mary and that many interpreters have taken this position, this is "an allegorical figure of a mother mystic "who represent the Church in truth.
The Church
According to some Protestant denominations, the woman of the Apocalypse represents the Church of Christ and his child the saints and "those who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus" (Rev 12:17) .
The Catholic Church also recognizes that interpretation:
- The reciprocal relationship between the mystery of the Church and Mary appears clearly in the "great portent" described in the Apocalypse: "A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet and its crown of twelve stars head "(12, 1). The Church acknowledges that sign a picture of his own mystery
For Seventh-day Adventists , it is traditionally an image of the remnant Church .
Israel
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Eve
The woman is identified as Eve. The "ancient serpent" (Rev. 12:9), that is to say Satan , is present at the beginning of Genesis. The conflict between the woman and her child and the snake may refer to Gen 3:5, where it says: "I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between your offspring and hers." Chapter 3 of Genesis and Section 12 of the Apocalypse are both marked pain of childbirth.
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References
- Apocalypse, chapter 12, Bible - Editions du Cerf, 1997
- (en) THE WOMAN OF REVELATION 12
- Encyclical Letter Ad Diem Illum Laetissimum , February 2, 1904: "'A great sign - it is these words that the apostle John describes a vision of God - a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun , having the moon under her feet, and around her head a crown of twelve stars "(Rev. XII, 1). Everyone knows that this woman signified the Virgin Mary, who, without damage to its integrity brought forth our Head. "
- Apostolic Exhortation Signum Magnum , May 13, 1967: "The great sign that St. John saw in heaven a woman clothed with the sun, the liturgy the interpreter, not without foundation, as referring to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of all men by the grace of Christ the Redeemer "
- Encyclical Letter Redemptoris Mater , 25 March 1987: "As one who," full of grace ", was introduced into the mystery of Christ to be his Mother, that is to say, the Holy Mother of God, remains in this mystery by the Church as "the woman" mean that the book of Genesis (3, 15) in the beginning, and the Apocalypse (12, 1) at the end of salvation history. "
- Matthew 2:16: Then Herod, seeing that he had been tricked by the Magi, was seized with a violent rage, and sent to death, in Bethlehem and all its territory, all children under two years from the time he had ascertained from the magi. Bible, deer Publishing, 1997.
- See for example The Immaculate Conception ( 1618 ) by Diego Velazquez , The Immaculate Conception called the Colossal ( 1652 ) by Bartolome Esteban Murillo , Immaculate Conception by Juan Antonio de Fras y Escalante ...
- See, eg, , Michel Sittow.
- The Holy Bible ratings, according to the Vulgate and the original Hebrew texts, by Father Louis-Claude Fillion. Apocalypse, chapters 11-22
- (en) Who's That Woman?
- Evangelium Vitae , John Paul II, 1995.
- Seventh-day Adventist Church , basic beliefs
- Apocalypse 20:2: He overpowered the dragon, that ancient serpent - is the devil, Satan - and bound him for a thousand years.. Translation Bible , Les Editions du Cerf, 1997.
- Genesis 3:16: To the woman, he said, I will multiply your pains of pregnancy, in pain you will give birth to son. Your greed will push you to your husband and he shall rule over thee.. Translation Bible , Les Editions du Cerf, 1997.
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