Seven Churches In One Church

In his ego septem ecclesiis, unius Ecclesiae catholicae, fideles sunt, quia una in septem per qualitatem fidei et electionis est. Sive ad eos scribens, qui laborant in saeculo, et operantur de frugilitate suorum laborum, et patientes sunt; et cum videant homines quosdam in Ecclessia dispentatores et pestiferus, ne dissentio fiat, portant. Admonet tamen eos de amore, ut in quibus fides eorum deest, agant poenitentiam. Aut ad eos qui crudelibus inhabitant inter persecutores, ut perseverent fideles. Aut ad eos qui, sub praetextu misericordiae, illicita peccata in Ecclesia faciunt, et aliis facienda ostendunt. Aut ad eos qui sunt in Ecclesia faciles. Aut ad eos qui negligentes nomine tantum christiani sunt. Aut ad eos qui humiliter instructi sunt, ut in fide fortiter perseverent. Aut ad eos qui student Scripturis, et laborant cognoscere arcana praedicationis, et Dei opus facere nolunt, id est misericordiam et amorem: omnibus poenitentiam denuntiat, omnibus judicium annuntiat. Victorinus Petavionensis, Scoli in Apocalypsin Beati Joannis

Hence I say that there are seven churches of the faithful in the one Catholic Church because in the one there are seven types of faith and election. So to one he writes that those who labour in the world might work with frugality in their labours and endure, and that when they see certain ruinous and pestilential men in the Church that they might suffer them. However, he admonishes them concerning love, that it is lacking in their faith, and that they might make penance. He writes to those who dwell in cruel places among persecutors that they persevere faithfully. He writes to those who beneath a pretext of mercy would make illicit sin in the Church and would show others how to do it. He writes to those who are at ease in the Church. He writes to those who by negligence are but nominal Christians. He writes to those who have been humbly instructed that they persevere strong in faith. He writes to those who study the Scriptures and labour to know obscure meanings and are unwilling to do the work of God, that is, mercy and love. To all he declares penance, to all he announces judgement. Victorinus of Pettau, Commentary on the Apocalypse of St John