Book of Revelation

=== Liturgical ===
==== Paschal liturgical ====
This interpretation, which has found expression among both Catholic and Protestant theologians, considers the [[liturgical]] worship, particularly the [[Easter]] rites, of early Christianity as background and context for understanding the Book of Revelation's structure and significance. This perspective is explained in ''The Paschal Liturgy and the Apocalypse'' (new edition, 2004) by [[Massey H. Shepherd]], an Episcopal scholar, and in [[Scott Hahn]]'s ''The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth'' (1999), in which he states that Revelation in form is structured after creation, fall, judgment and redemption. Those who hold this view say that the Temple's destruction (AD 70) had a profound effect on the Jewish people, not only in Jerusalem but among the Greek-speaking Jews of the Mediterranean.<ref>Scott Hahn, ''The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth'', {{ISBN|0-385-49659-1}}. New York: Doubleday, 1999.</ref>

They believe the Book of Revelation provides insight into the early Eucharist, saying that it is the new Temple worship in the New Heaven and Earth. The idea of the Eucharist as a foretaste of the heavenly banquet is also explored by British Methodist Geoffrey Wainwright in his book ''Eucharist and Eschatology'' (Oxford University Press, 1980). According to [[Pope Benedict XVI]] some of the images of Revelation should be understood in the context of the dramatic suffering and persecution of the churches of Asia in the 1st century.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Benedict XVI |first1=Pope |title=John, the Seer of Patmos |url=http://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2006/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20060823.html |website=Vatican.va |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana |access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref>

Accordingly, they argue, the Book of Revelation should not be read as an enigmatic warning, but as an encouraging vision of Christ's definitive victory over evil.<ref>{{cite web |author=Catholic Online |url=http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=20995 |title=Pope Benedict: Read Book of Revelation as Christ's victory over evil – International – Catholic Online |publisher=Catholic.org |date=23 August 2006 |access-date=25 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005010122/http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=20995 |archive-date=5 October 2013 }}</ref>

==== Oriental Orthodox ====
[[File:Mural from Apa Apollo in Bawit - Detail.jpg|thumb|"Christ in Glory (Pankrator)," ca. 6th-8th Century CE, wall painting from the Monastery of Bawit. The Coptic iconography represents many elements from the Book of Revelation.]]
In the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Orthodox Church]] the whole Book of Revelation is read during Apocalypse Night after [[Good Friday]].<ref>[http://suscopts.org/resources/literature/222/night-of-the-apocalypse/ "Night of the Apocalypse"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031172800/http://www.suscopts.org/404/ |date=31 October 2022 }}, published by [[Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States]], accessed 23 May 2018</ref>  Biblically Ugo Vanni and other biblical scholars have argued that the Book of Revelation was written with the intention to be read entirely in one liturgical setting with dialogue-elements between the reader (singular) and the hearers (plural) based on Rev 1:3 and Rev 1:10.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Vanni |first=Ugo |date=1991 |title=Liturgical Dialogue as a Literary Form in the Book of Revelation |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/new-testament-studies/article/abs/liturgical-dialogue-as-a-literary-form-in-the-book-of-revelation/50544029342CC67BF81545C1F7CE1780 |journal=New Testament Studies |language=en |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=348–372 |doi=10.1017/S0028688500015927 |s2cid=170638316 |issn=1469-8145}}</ref> Beniamin Zakhary has recently shown that the structure of the reading the Book of Revelation within the Coptic rite of Apocalypse Night (this is the only biblical reading in the Coptic church with a dialogue in it, where the reader stops many times and the people respond; additionally the entire book is read in a liturgical setting that culminates with the Eucharist) shows great support for this biblical hypothesis, albeit with some notable difference.<ref name=":0">Beniamin Zakhary. (2022). Support For The Biblical Liturgy of Revelation in the Coptic Tradition. ''Doxology'', 33(4), 6–23. [https://drive.google.com/file/d/19wAuFTlwo2ODA8f4RNH870GZbE_VNO7C/view?pli=1][https://oslpublications.org/periodicalsarchive.html] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8060812</ref>

Additionally, the Book of Revelation permeates many liturgical prayers and iconography within the Coptic Church.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Morkos Fakhry, ''The Book of Revelation and the Church of Alexandria,'' (Coptic Orthodox Church) (Fairfax, VA: Eastern Christian Publications, 2019).</ref>