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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
But the sound of that voice and the corporeal appearance of the dove and the "parted tongues as it were of fire that sat upon every one of them," like those terrible manifestations that happened on Mt. Sinai and that pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night, were performed and carried out as figurative acts. Now in these matters special care must be taken lest anyone believe that the nature of God, either the Father, the Son or the Holy Spirit, is subject to change or transformation. …
Bede
When about to give the law, the Lord descended in fire and smoke. Through the brilliance of his manifestation he enlightened the humble, and through the murky smoke of error he dimmed the eyes of the proud.
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