The glory, wherewith the righteous shall shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father, i. e. in Christ’s body, we must believe to have been rather veiled than not to have been there at all. He accommodated His presence to man’s weak sight, and presented Himself in such form, as that His disciple could look at and recognise Him.
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
Also cites: de Civ. Dei.