“... At the entrance to God's dwelling there stood four angels who clothe those who would enter with white robes. Although it is not stated explicitly, it would appear that these angels act as guardians of the celestial palace. Only those who are given white robes are allowed into the divine presence. The church officials, whom Satyrus meets in the second part of his vision, are left outside. Here we have another example of the threat which angels posed to humans in the heavenly world similar to that found in Perpetua's vision. When they have entered the walls, we have a description of the divine presence which owes a great deal to Revelation 4, as is evident from the references to the twenty-four elders and the singing of the trisagion. The clothing of the martyrs in white robes derives from Revelation 6.11, cf. 7.9. Appropriate clothing for entry into the divine presence is an element which we meet occasionally in Jewish apocalyptic. In Slavonic Enoch 22.8ff., for example, God says to Michael: 'Go and take Enoch from out his earthly garments and anoint him with my sweet ointment and put him into the garments of my glory.'(cf. 1 Enoch 62.15; Hermas Sim. viii, 2; Asc. Isa. 9.9; 9.30). ...”