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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
But notice how it happened there and how it happened here. There, the people stood a long way off; there was an atmosphere of dread, not of love. I mean, they were so terrified that they said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself, and do not let the Lord speak to us, lest we die." So God came down, as it is written, on Sinai in fire; but he was terrifying the people who stood a long way off, and "writing with his finger on stone," not on the heart.Here, however, when the Holy Spirit came, the faithful were gathered together as one; and he …
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