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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Irenaeus
If, then, neither Moses, nor Elias, nor Ezekiel, who had all many celestial visions, did see God; but if what they did see were similitudes of the splendour of the Lord, and prophecies of things to come; it is manifest that the Father is indeed invisible, of whom also the Lord said, "No man hath seen God at any time." But His Word, as He Himself willed it, and for the benefit of those who beheld, did show the Father's brightness, and explained His purposes (as also the Lord said: "The only-begotten God, which is in the bosom of the …
Western Saints
Hippolytus of Rome
Then Nebuchadnezzar seeing what happened "was amazed and rose up in haste and he heard their hymns and he said to his nobles 'Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?' But they said, 'Truly O king.' He answered and said, 'Here I indeed see four men speaking and walking in the midst of the fire and there is no destruction in them and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of God.'" [Daniel 3:25] Tell me, Nebuchadnezzar, for when did you see the Son of God, so that you confessed this one to be the Son of God? …
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