In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
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Louis Segond 1910
L'année de la mort du roi Ozias, je vis le Seigneur assis sur un trône très élevé, et les pans de sa robe remplissaient le temple.
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In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
s. But something which supposes posture is said of God in the Scriptures: "I saw the Lord sitting" ( Is. 6:1 ), and "He standeth up to judge" ( Is. 3:13 ). Therefore God is a body. Objection 5: Further, only bodies or things corporeal can be a local term "wherefrom" or "whereto."…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
rough a vision of the imagination. For it is written: "I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne," etc. ( Is. 6:1 ). But an imaginary vision originates from sense; for the imagination is moved by sense to act. Therefore God can be seen by a vision of sense. On the contrary, Augustine…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
with the glory of the Lord; wherefrom the seraphim cried out: "All the earth is full of His glory" ( Is. 6:1 , 3 ). And so the images of the seraphim were set up, not to be worshipped, for this was forbidden by the first commandment; but as a sign of their function, as stated abo…
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