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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyril of Alexandria
It seems that the saying refers very suitably to the mystery of Christ and the redemption through him, pointing to the conversion to God. For the face of God we seek signifies most certainly the Son himself, "who is the image, and the radiance, and the very seal of the Father's nature." Thus the true face of God and Father is the Son, inasmuch as he is recognized in him: "And who saw him, saw the Father." The psalmist thus calls him when he cries out to God of all, saying: "Cause your face to shine upon your servant." Indeed, just as …
Western Saints
Jerome
"I will take and go, and I will take away and there is no one who can deliver: going I will return to my place until you fail and seek my face." LXX: "And I will snatch, and go and take away, and there will be no one who can deliver: I will go and return to my rightful place until they are destroyed and seek my face." It is asked, if God takes, and takes away, and holds, no one can take them from his hands, according to what is written: "No one can snatch them from the hand of my Father" (John X, 29) how was Judas snatched from the …
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