“And the temple of
God was opened in heaven,” that is to say, the mysteries of the incarnation of
Christ were discovered in the Church. “And the ark of his testament was seen in
his temple,” these are the miracles of preaching of the dazzling splendor and
of the struggles of the Church. (Exposition on Revelation, as cited by Early Church Fathers Study Bible New
Testament [Litteral Truth Publishing], 576
“And a great sign appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and
the moon under her feet.” It is the Church which he sees here, having under
her feet a part of herself, that is, hypocrites and bad Christians.” (Exposition
on Revelation, as cited in Ibid., 577)
This is significant as, contra many modern Catholic apologists,
Caesarius did not believe that the “tabernacle”
in Rev 11:19 and the "woman" in 12:1 were references to Mary. On this, see the chapter on the
Assumption in my book (available for free in PDF),
