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Ezekiel 40:42

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

And in height one cubit. The height of the tables is one cubit. For what is the height of the saints, if not faith in invisible things? For through faith what is not seen is believed, and therefore through this the mind of the righteous is led to height, so that it may despise all visible things on earth and follow in heaven those invisible things which it hears. But the height of the tables has one cubit, because there is unity of faith in the heart of all the saints. …

Homilies on Ezekiel, Book 2, Homily 9 ↗