Ezequiel 1
Theodoret of Cyrus · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Ezequiel 1:1
He said that the heavens were open, not in reality or in deed but through spiritual contemplation. — COMMENTARY ON EZEKIEL 1:1
Ezequiel 1:10
The lion represents kingship (for it is the royal animal); the ox priesthood, for an ox was offered for the chief of the priests; prophecy is shown through the eagle, for it is the creature that flies high and has very sharp sight. The prophecy is of this kind: it contemplates the heights and looks very far into the future. It therefore teaches through what has been spoken, that the whole of human nature, together with its own leaders, has been subjected to the ruler and maker of all things, and he has instructed the human race in so many gifts. — COMMENTARY ON EZEKIEL 1:1
Ezequiel 1:11
He shows by these things not that everything is to be understood by divine power but that some things are clear to them and others are unknown, and they do not go beyond the limit set down for them. They stretch out two wings in their exultation, for the gift of contemplation has been granted, and they cover their bodies with two wings, covering those things that are hidden in happy ignorance, and they do not struggle in order to observe things that it is not right for them to see. — COMMENTARY ON EZEKIEL 1:1
Ezequiel 1:20
The prophet also claims that the spirit of life was in the wheels, its movement was spontaneous and of its own free will. For the chariot was not placed on some living creatures or on a yoke, but violent clouds went before, and that mighty wind followed. The divine vehicle ran on its own accord with the living creatures preceding it and the wheels moving on their own. — COMMENTARY ON EZEKIEL 1:1
Ezequiel 1:28
He did not say this was the nature of the Lord or the glory of the Lord but that this was the likeness of the glory of the Lord. For as he willed, so he spoke, and creating the vision, he made me worthy of contemplating it. — COMMENTARY ON EZEKIEL 1:2
Ezequiel 1:28
When you have heard of various visions of God, do not think that the divine majesty has many forms. — COMMENTARY ON EZEKIEL 1:1
Ezequiel 1:28
The godhead is empty of body and form; it is simple, and it has no part in composition and any form; nor can it be seen with eyes, nor can it be understood with the mind or limited within a boundary. He reveals visions just as it is necessary to make them appear. And in this place he shows these awesome things: he shows the favor that all people are to be granted, namely, of God and of our Savior in the dispensation of the flesh. Because of this, he says that human appearance is two natures: the one of amber, the other of fire, and the one carrying and the other being carried. In this way, the divine nature took on the human. — COMMENTARY ON EZEKIEL 1:1