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Exodus 33:23 (WEB)
then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be seen.”

Catechism · 2

§2583Article 1 · In the Old TestamentRead at vatican.va
“Finally, taking the desert road that leads to the place where the living and true God reveals himself to his people, Elijah, like Moses before him, hides "in a cleft of he rock" until the mysterious presence of God has passed by.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Kings 19:1-14; cf. Ex 33:19-23.

§2666Article 2 · The Way of PrayerRead at vatican.va
“But the one name that contains everything is the one that the Son of God received in his incarnation: JESUS. the divine name may not be spoken by human lips, but by assuming our humanity the Word of God hands it over to us and we can invoke it: "Jesus," "YHWH saves."” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Ex 3:14; 33: 19-23; Mt 1:21.

Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.1Discourse III
“Therefore also, being equal to God, He ‘thought it not a prize to be equal to God;’ and again since the Godhead and the Form of the Son is none other’s than the Father’s, this is what He says, ‘I in the Father.’” — editor's note: Here first the Son’s εἶδος is the εἶδος of the Father, then the Son is the εἶδος of the Father’s Godhead, and then in the Son is the εἶδος of the Father. These…
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Origen, De Principiis II.4Book II
“For it is manifest that He, viz., who gave answers to Moses, said, “You shall not see My face, but My hinder parts.”” — editor's note: Ex. xxxiii. 20, cf. 23.
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Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith V.20Book V
“Moses is prevented from seeing the face of God; Arius merited to see it in secret.” — editor's note: Ex. xxxiii. 23.
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Jerome, Letters Letter 123
“Therefore they could stand, as Elijah, in the crevice of the rock, they could pass through the needle’s eye, and behold the back parts of the Lord.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xix. 11–13, cf. Exod. xxxiii. 21–23.
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Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity II.16Book II
“…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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Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 11
“And then when I looked up, I scarce saw the back parts of God; although I was sheltered by the Rock, the Word that was made flesh for us.” — editor's note: Exod. xxxiii. 23.
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Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 37
“If He had abode upon His own eminence, if He had not condescended to infirmity, if He had remained what He was, keeping Himself unapproachable and incomprehensible, a few perhaps would have followed Him—perhaps not even a few, possibly only Moses—and He only so far as to see with difficulty the Back Parts of God.” — editor's note: Exod. xx. 21; xxxiii. 20, 23.
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Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion IV.22Book IV
“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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