2 Coríntios 4
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2 Coríntios 4:4
What is the face of God like? As his image, certainly, for as the apostle says, the image of the Father is the Son. With his image, therefore, may he shine upon us, that is, may he shine his image, the Son, upon us in order that he himself may shine upon us, for the light of the Father is the light of the Son. He who sees the Father sees also the Son, and he who sees the Son sees also the Father. Where there is no diversity between glory and glory, there glory is one and the same. — HOMILY 6 ON PSALM 66 (67)
2 Coríntios 4:7
We have a treasure in such vessels of clay. There are many who construe this last expression in reference to the body and to the Holy Spirit, meaning, of course, that we possess a treasure in earthen vessels. There is certainly that interpretation, but I think the better treasury-concept is that we have a most precious treasure in vessels of clay symbolizing the homely words of the Scripture. — HOMILY 11 ON PSALM 77 (78)
2 Coríntios 4:7
Every word of Scripture is a symbol all its own. These rustic words that persons of every age ponder over are packed full of mystical meaning. "But we carry this treasure in vessels of clay"; we have a divine treasury of meaning in the most ordinary words. — HOMILY 20 ON PSALM 90 (91)