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title: "Revelation 2 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate · Bless"
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# Revelation 2

Revelation 2 is chapter 2 of 22 in Revelation. Here are all 29 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Directions what to write to the angels or bishops of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamus and Thyatira.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Revelation 2 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. “And to the Angel of the Church of Ephesus write: Thus says the One who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:
2. I know your works, and your hardship and patient endurance, and that you cannot stand those who are evil. And so, you have tested those who declare themselves to be Apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars.
3. And you have patient endurance for the sake of my name, and you have not fallen away.
4. But I have this against you: that you have relinquished your first charity.
5. And so, call to mind the place from which you have fallen, and do penance, and do the first works. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
6. But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
7. Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches. To him who prevails, I will give to eat from the Tree of Life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
8. And to the Angel of the Church of Smyrna write: Thus says the First and the Last, he who was dead and now lives:
9. I know your tribulation and your poverty, but you are rich, and that you are blasphemed by those who declare themselves to be Jews and are not, but who are a synagogue of Satan.
10. You should fear nothing amid those things which you will suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, so that you may be tested. And you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give to you the crown of life.
11. Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches. Whoever will prevail, he shall not be harmed by the second death.
12. And to the Angel of the Church of Pergamus write: Thus says he who holds the sharp two-edged spear:
13. I know where you dwell, where the seat of Satan is, and that you hold to my name and have not denied my faith, even in those days when Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.
14. But I have a few things against you. For you have, in that place, those who hold to the doctrine of Balaam, who instructed Balak to cast a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat and to commit fornication.
15. And you also have those who hold to the doctrine of the Nicolaitans.
16. So do penance to the same extent. If you do less, I will come to you quickly and I will fight against these ones with the sword of my mouth.
17. Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches. To him who prevails, I will give the hidden manna. And I will give to him a white emblem, and on the emblem, a new name has been written, which no one knows, except the one who receives it.
18. And to the Angel of the Church of Thyatira write: Thus says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like shining brass.
19. I know your works, and your faith and charity, and your ministry and patient endurance, and that your more recent works are greater than the earlier ones.
20. But I have a few things against you. For you permit the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants, to commit fornication and to eat the food of idolatry.
21. And I gave her a time, so that she might do penance, but she is not willing to repent from her fornication.
22. Behold, I will cast her onto a bed, and those who commit adultery with her shall be in a very great tribulation, unless they repent from their works.
23. And I will put her sons to death, and all the Churches shall know that I am the one who examines temperaments and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works. But I say to you,
24. and to the others who are at Thyatira: Whoever does not hold to this doctrine, and who has not ‘known the depths of Satan,’ as they say, I will not set any other weight upon you.
25. Even so, that which you have, hold on to it until I return.
26. And whoever will prevail and will observe my works even unto the end, I will give to him authority over the nations.
27. And he shall rule them with an iron rod, and they shall be broken like the earthenware of a potter.
28. The same I also have received from my Father. And I will give to him the morning star.
29. Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches.”

## Revelation 2 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Angelo Ephesi ecclesiæ scribe: Hæc dicit, qui tenet septem stellas in dextera sua, qui ambulat in medio septem candelabrorum aureorum:
2. Scio opera tua, et laborem, et patientiam tuam, et quia non potes sustinere malos: et tentasti eos, qui se dicunt apostolos esse, et non sunt: et invenisti eos mendaces:
3. et patientiam habes, et sustinuisti propter nomen meum, et non defecisti.
4. Sed habeo adversum te, quod caritatem tuam primam reliquisti.
5. Memor esto itaque unde excideris: et age pœnitentiam, et prima opera fac: sin autem, venio tibi, et movebo candelabrum tuum de loco suo, nisi pœnitentiam egeris.
6. Sed hoc habes, quia odisti facta Nicolaitarum, quæ et ego odi.
7. Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat ecclesiis: Vincenti dabo edere de ligno vitæ, quod est in paradiso Dei mei.
8. Et angelo Smyrnæ ecclesiæ scribe: Hæc dicit primus, et novissimus, qui fuit mortuus, et vivit:
9. Scio tribulationem tuam, et paupertatem tuam, sed dives es: et blasphemaris ab his, qui se dicunt Judæos esse, et non sunt, sed sunt synagoga Satanæ.
10. Nihil horum timeas quæ passurus es. Ecce missurus est diabolus aliquos ex vobis in carcerem ut tentemini: et habebitis tribulationem diebus decem. Esto fidelis usque ad mortem, et dabo tibi coronam vitæ.
11. Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat ecclesiis: Qui vicerit, non lædetur a morte secunda.
12. Et angelo Pergami ecclesiæ scribe: Hæc dicit qui habet rhomphæam utraque parte acutam:
13. Scio ubi habitas, ubi sedes est Satanæ: et tenes nomen meum, et non negasti fidem meam. Et in diebus illis Antipas testis meus fidelis, qui occisus est apud vos ubi Satanas habitat.
14. Sed habeo adversus te pauca: quia habes illic tenentes doctrinam Balaam, qui docebat Balac mittere scandalum coram filiis Israël, edere, et fornicari:
15. ita habes et tu tenentes doctrinam Nicolaitarum.
16. Similiter pœnitentiam age: si quominus veniam tibi cito, et pugnabo cum illis in gladio oris mei.
17. Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat ecclesiis: Vincenti dabo manna absconditum, et dabo illi calculum candidum: et in calculo nomen novum scriptum, quod nemo scit, nisi qui accipit.
18. Et angelo Thyatiræ ecclesiæ scribe: Hæc dicit Filius Dei, qui habet oculos tamquam flammam ignis, et pedes ejus similes auricalco:
19. Novi opera tua, et fidem, et caritatem tuam, et ministerium, et patientiam tuam, et opera tua novissima plura prioribus.
20. Sed habeo adversus te pauca: quia permittis mulierem Jezabel, quæ se dicit propheten, docere, et seducere servos meos, fornicari, et manducare de idolothytis.
21. Et dedi illi tempus ut pœnitentiam ageret: et non vult pœnitere a fornicatione sua.
22. Ecce mittam eam in lectum: et qui mœchantur cum ea, in tribulatione maxima erunt, nisi pœnitentiam ab operibus suis egerint.
23. Et filios ejus interficiam in morte, et scient omnes ecclesiæ, quia ego sum scrutans renes, et corda: et dabo unicuique vestrum secundum opera sua. Vobis autem dico,
24. et ceteris qui Thyatiræ estis: quicumque non habent doctrinam hanc, et qui non cognoverunt altitudines Satanæ, quemadmodum dicunt, non mittam super vos aliud pondus:
25. tamen id quod habetis, tenete donec veniam.
26. Et qui vicerit, et custodierit usque in finem opera mea, dabo illi potestatem super gentes,
27. et reget eas in virga ferrea, et tamquam vas figuli confringentur,
28. sicut et ego accepi a Patre meo: et dabo illi stellam matutinam.
29. Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat ecclesiis.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 1429: The Conversion of the Baptized ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2159: The Christian Name ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1025: Heaven ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “Eighty-six years I have served Him, and He has done me no wrong. How can I blaspheme my King who saved me?” — St. Polycarp, Martyrdom of Polycarp, 9, 155 (On this theme: verse 10)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 26: This shews, that the saints, who are with Christ our Lord in heaven, receive power from him to preside over nations and provinces, as patrons; and shall come with him at the end of the world to execute his will against those who have not kept his commandments.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Mon, Nov 16, 2026: Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time — First Reading, Revelation 1:1-4; 2:1-5
- Tue, Nov 24, 2026: St. Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs — Alleluia, Revelation 2:10c
- Wed, Nov 25, 2026: Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, Revelation 2:10c
- Tue, Nov 23, 2027 (computed): Tuesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, Revelation 2:10c

4 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).