1 A great sign in
heaven. God who became man or the church in faith. A woman clothed with
the sun, that is, the church [clothed] by Christ.
. . .
5 And she gave birth to
a male child, that is, Mary [gave birth] to Christ, who will rule all
nations with an iron rod. And her son was caught up to God in the resurrection.
6 And the woman fled,
that is, Mary [fled] into Egypt, or the church [fled] in the presentation of Antichrist.
(Theodulf of Orleans, “Exposition on the Apocalypse of John (810),” in Carolingian
Commentaries on the Apocalypse by Theodulf and Smaragdus [trans. Francis X.
Gumerlock; TEAMS Commentary Series; Kalamazoo, Mich.: Western Michigan
University, 2019], 51, 52)
