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The Fifteen Books of Aurelius Augustinus, Bishop of Hippo, on the Trinity

Book III.

The question is discussed with respect to the appearances of God spoken of in the previous book, which were made under bodily forms, whether only a creature was formed, for the purpose of manifesting God to human sight in such way as He at each time judged fitting; or whether angels, already existing, were so sent as to speak in the person of God; and this, either by assuming a bodily appearance from the bodily creature, or by changing their own bodies into whatever forms they would, suitable to the particular action, according to the power given to them by the Creator; while the essence itself of God was never seen in itself.

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Fünfzehn Bücher über die Dreieinigkeit

DRITTES BUCH.

In diesem Buche untersucht Augustinus das Wesen der sichtbaren Erscheinungen Gottes. Erschien Gott selber durch sichtbare stoffliche Gebilde? Oder waren die Theophanien Engelsendungen, wobei die Engel im Namen Gottes sprachen und entweder aus dem Bereich der materiellen Schöpfung ein für die Ausfährung ihres Auftrages notwendiges sichtbares Kleid entnehmen oder aus ihrem eigenen materiellen Seinsteil ein für ihre jeweilige Aufgabe passendes sichtbares Gewand weben konnten?

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