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Annotation CCXXI, On God being seen (Isaiah 6:1)

“I saw the Lord sitting," etc.”

Annotatio CCXXI

”I saw the Lord sitting,” etc. — Isaiah 6:1

Chrysostom, in the first homily on the present passage, says that the Angels enjoy the ineffable glory of God, but do not see his nature.1 See Annotation 182 of book 6.

Footnotes

  1. Left margin: On God being seen. (De viso Deo.)

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Sixtus of Siena, O.P., “Annotation CCXXI, On God being seen (Isaiah 6:1),” in Annotations on the Old Testament, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/bibliotheca-sancta/222-annotation-ccxxi-on-god-being-seen-isaiah-6-1/.

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