Exodus 33:16 (WEB)
For how would people know that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Isn’t it that you go with us, so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?”
Catechism · 1
“After Israel's sin, when the people had turned away from God to worship the golden calf, God hears Moses' prayer of intercession and agrees to walk in the midst of an unfaithful people, thus demonstrating his love.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Ex 32; 33: 12-17
Fathers and councils · 2
Augustine of Hippo
“…of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back parts; but my face shall not be seen.”” — editor's note: Ex. xxxiii. 11–23
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Tertullian
“And the Lord, with like reference to the future, replied, “I will pass before thee in my glory,” etc. Then at the last He says, “And then thou shalt see my back.”” — editor's note: See Ex. xxxiii. 13–23.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Catechism §210.
Cited together in Catechism §210.
Cited together in Catechism §210.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.16.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.16.