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NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works - Holy Bible Institute

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That the word “in,” in as many senses as it bears, is understood of the Spirit.of vision is of necessity seen at the same time as the visible objects. Thus fitly <strong>and</strong> consistentlydo we behold the “Brightness of the glory” of God by means of the illumination of theSpirit, <strong>and</strong> by means of the “Express Image” we are led up to Him of whom He is the ExpressImage <strong>and</strong> Seal, graven to the like. 12671267 cf. note on § 15. So Athan. in Matt. xi. 22. Σφραγὶς γάρ ἐστιν ἰσότυπος ἐν ἑαυτῷ δεικνὺς τὸν πατέρα.cf. Athan., De Dec. § 20, <strong>and</strong> note 9 in this series, p. 163. cf. also Greg. Nyss., In Eunom. ii. 12.228

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