Exodus 33:18 (WEB)
Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”
Catechism · 1
“When Moses asks to see his glory, God responds "I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you my name "the LORD" [YHWH]."” — Catechism footnote: Ex 33:18-19.
Fathers and councils · 6
Catena Aurea on Mark
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“And when it was told, the disciples did not believe, because they saw, like Moses, that which was not enough for them, for he said, “Shew me Thyself;” [Ex 33:18] forgetting his flesh, he prays in this life for that which we hope for in the life to come.” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“…though fatter than he, could not constantly contemplate even Moses himself, fed as he had been upon God, nor his leanness, sated as it had been with His glory!” — editor's note: See Ex. xxxiii. 18, 19, with xxxiv. 4–9, 29–35.
Read the whole comment“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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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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Clement of Alexandria
“Whence Moses, persuaded that God is not to be known by human wisdom, said, “Show me Thy glory;” and into the thick darkness where God’s voice was, pressed to enter—that is, into the inaccessible and invisible ideas respecting Existence.” — editor's note: Ex. xxxiii. 18.
Read the whole comment“Wherefore also Moses says, “Show Thyself to me,”—intimating most clearly that God is not capable of being taught by man, or expressed in speech, but to be known only by His own power.” — editor's note: Ex. xxxiii. 18.
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in Catechism §210.
Cited together in Catechism §210.
Cited together in Catechism §210.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.11.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.11.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.11.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.11.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.11.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.11.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 16:9–13 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 16:9–13 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 16:9–13 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 16:9–13 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.11.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.11.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.11.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.11.
