St. John Chrysostom says, “How many now say, I would wish to see His form, the mark, His clothes, His shoes. Lo! You see Him, You touch Him, you eat Him. And you indeed desire to see His clothes, but He gives Himself to you not to see only, but also to touch and eat and receive within you.”1523
1520 St. Augustine of Hippo, Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John 27.3 (NPNF I/7:174) amended.
1521 St. Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament 80.2 (NPNF I/6:499).
1522 St. Hilary of Poitiers, The Trinity 8.14 (FOTC 25:286).
1523 St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew 82.4 (NPNF II/10:476) amended.
The Fathers cited
- St. John Chrysostom