Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, [which] he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
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Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Mais l'un des séraphins vola vers moi, tenant à la main une pierre ardente, qu'il avait prise sur l'autel avec des pincettes.
KJV
Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, [which] he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
eraphim, as stated above ( Q[108], A[6] ). But a Seraph was sent to purify the lips of the prophet ( Is. 6:6,7 ). Therefore much more are the inferior orders sent. Objection 3: Further, the Divine Persons infinitely excel all the angelic orders. But the Divine Persons are sent. T…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
y. Hence Damascene (De Fide Orth. iv) compares this sacrament to the burning coal which Isaias saw ( Is. 6:6 ): "For a live ember is not simply wood, but wood united to fire; so also the bread of communion is not simple bread but bread united with the Godhead." But as Gregory obs…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 87 (Migne)
immunda labia dixi, bicipi labii vestri forcipe per igniferum Isaianum altaris Dei carbonem tangite (Isai. VI, 6) , [Col. 0978B] et praeputium inculti logii bifaris ter quaternis cultris Ben-Nun quinis denis digitulis humatis cum plebis praecidite prioris praeputiis (Josue V, 3)…
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