1. Origins, Elements, Meaning
REVELATION
Origins, Elements, Meaning

2. Apocalypse: The Context
Time of Crisis
Time of Persecution
National: The Roman Empire
Religious: Jews and Christians in the Empire
Religious: Establishing the Doctrine; Heresies
Literary: The Origins of Apocalypse
Personal: St. John of Patmos

3. Patmos

4. Skala

6. The Hill and the Monastery

7. Cave of the Apocalypse

8. St. John and Prohoros

10. Ceiling in Three Parts

11. Symbols and Images

12. Objects
The Scroll and the Role of Writing
Crowns
Lamps

13. Figures

14. The Four Horsemen
Origins
Nature
Function

15. The Women
Saint
Whore of Babylon

16. Animals

17. Lamb
Christ Figure:
The Sacrificial Hero
Militant Church

18. The Beast
Origins
Identity
The Political and the Spiritual

19. Places

20. Events

21. The Last Judgment Origins: Personal, National, and Universal
The End-Times
Salvation and Damnation