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38. The Garments White as the Light.
And not only is He transfigured before such disciples,
nor does He only add to the transfiguration the shining of His face as
the sun; but further also to those who were led up by Him into the high
mountain apart, His garments appear white as the light.5784 But the garments of Jesus are the
expressions and letters of the Gospels with which He invested
Himself. But I think that even the words in the Apostles which
indicate the truths concerning Him are garments of Jesus, which become
white to those who go up into the high mountain along with Jesus.
But since there are differences also of things white, His garments
become white as the brightest and purest of all white things; and that
is light. When therefore you see any one not only with a thorough
understanding of the theology concerning Jesus, but also making clear
every expression of the Gospels, do not hesitate to say that to Him the
garments of Jesus have become white as the light. But when the
Son of God in His transfiguration is so understood and beheld, that His
face is a sun, and His garments white as the light, straightway there
will appear to him who beholds Jesus in such form Moses,—the
law—and Elijah,—in the way of synecdoche, not one prophet
only, but all the prophets—holding converse with Jesus; for such
is the force of the words “talking with Him;”5785 but, according to Luke, “Moses and
Elijah appeared in glory,” down to the words, “in
Jerusalem.”5786 But if any
one sees the glory of Moses, having understood the spiritual law as a
discourse in harmony with Jesus, and the wisdom in the prophets which
is hidden in a mystery,5787 he sees Moses and
Elijah in glory when he sees them with Jesus.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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