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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Oecumenius
And he says that "in the midst of the seven lampstands, one like a son of man"; for if the Lord Himself promises to dwell and walk among the souls that received Him, how would He not be "seen in the midst of the lampstands"? He says that the "Son of Man," Christ, who humbled himself for us "taking the form of a servant," (Philip. 2:7) became the fruit of the womb according to the divine melody (Ps. …
Dionysius bar Salibi
Clothed in a robe—Covering the feet and complete, or a garment that descends all the way to the feet. The Syrian version calls the robe an ephod. Son of Man—God the Word is called by this name when he became flesh in accordance with what he was made. He is now called Son of Man, although he is God, because he became man without change. Again, he is called Son of Man, because he was the son of that new man who existed before the transgression of the commandment. …
Western Saints
Bede
And girt about the paps with a golden girdle. He calls the two testaments the paps, with which He nourishes the holy body connected to Him. For the golden girdle is the chorus of saints, adhering to the Lord with concordant charity, embracing and keeping the testaments (as the Apostle says) in the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace (Ephes. IV).
Bonaventure
These Centers are the "seven golden lamp-stands," and Christ "in the midst of the seven lamp-stands," which are the seven illuminations of wisdom, that is, the metaphysical, the natural, the mathematical, the logical, the ethical, the political, and the theological. These are the "seven eyes" of the Lamb, and the seven days that followed upon the first light.
Victorinus of Pettau
"As it were the Son of man walking in the midst of the golden candlesticks." He says, in the midst of the churches, as it is said in Solomon, "I will walk in the midst of the paths of the just," whose antiquity is immortality, and the fountain of majesty. "Clothed with a garment down to the ankles." In the long, that is, the priestly garment, these words very plainly deliver the flesh which was not corrupted in death, and has the priesthood through suffering. …
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