ACC ~ John 14 v25

VISION TO BE SUCCEEDED BY REVEALED TRUTH

LEO THE GREAT: He withdrew his bodily presence for a time, for he is to abide at the right hand of the Father until the times that have been divinely decreed for the multiplication of the children of the church are accomplished. And then in the same body in which he ascended he will come again to judge the living and the dead. And so what was visible in Christ is now veiled in mystery. And, so that faith might be more perfect and more steadfast, vision was succeeded by revealed truth whose authority the hearts of the faithful, illumined by light from above, would now begin to follow. SERMON 74.2.2. [1]

[1] PL 54:398.

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