Annotation CCCXX

”He appeared to angels, he was preached to the nations, etc.” — 1 Timothy 3:16

Whether God, before the incarnation of Christ, was seen by the angels.

Theodoret, in the commentaries, expounding this passage, intimates that God, before the flesh assumed by Christ, was not seen by the angels, but afterwards was seen through the flesh of Christ, as through a veil. For thus he says: “HE was seen by angels. For the nature of the divinity, which falls not under sight, not even the angels themselves saw; but the incarnate [God] they saw.” This same [thing] he teaches more openly and copiously, by a long narration, in the dialogue whose title is IMMUTABILIS [The Immutable]. This thou hast above, Annotation 182 of this book.