Apocalipse 3
Apringius of Beja
Apocalipse 3:2-3
He rebukes those idle persons who do not trust in God with the whole mind and keep the right faith only hypocritically. They are Christians in name only. And so they are said to be living, but in fact they are dead. For that reason they are rebuked that they might be vigilant and strengthen what remains of that from which they had fallen. And so he urges them, "Remember what you received and heard, and repent." He wishes that they remember the apostolic doctrine, and he warns them to preserve that which they received at the beginning of their faith and to repent of their past sins. And so he threatens whomever does not do this, "If you will not be vigilant, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you." The judgment of God will be sudden, and no one knows the secret hour when he intends to come. — TRACTATE ON THE APOCALYPSE 3:2-3
Apocalipse 3:4
Everyone who is not soiled with the filth of sin walks with the Lord in white, and he is made worthy so that he might follow the footsteps of the Lamb. — TRACTATE ON THE APOCALYPSE 3:4
Apocalipse 3:12
[I will write on him the name of my God] so that he might be signed with the divine name and be adorned with the glory of immortality and might receive the name of the divine city of Jerusalem, which is the vision of peace, and so fully enjoy the society of perpetual quiet and security. This is that city which descends out of heaven from God, so that the saints might dwell and repose within it "And my new name." In God nothing is old, because he does grow old with age. But the name of the Lord is always new, always fresh. And if any is named by this name, having been changed by the eternal power, he will obtain eternal life. — TRACTATE ON THE APOCALYPSE 3:12