Isaac of Nineveh

In his own words on 2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 1:5

  Now by "consolation" he means theoria, which, being interpreted, is vision of soul. Vision gives birth to consolation.

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• 2 Corinthians 3:18

  Although "as in a mirror" indicates "not substantially," it does show clearly, in any case, the acquisition of a likeness.

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• 2 Corinthians 4:6

  When the apostle said, "God, who commanded the light to shine out of the darkness, has shined in our hearts," he referred to the resurrection. He showed this resurrection to be the exodus from the old state which in the likeness of Sheol incarcerates a person where the light of the gospel will not shine mystically upon him. This breath of life shines through hope in the resurrection. By it the dawning of divine wisdom shines in the heart, so that a person should become new, having nothing of the old.

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• 2 Corinthians 12:4

  All that is heard by the ears can be spoken. He did not hear audible sounds, nor did he see a vision composed of the corporeal images of sense perception, but it was by the intuitions of the understanding, being in rapture, while his will had no fellowship with the body.

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