No one hath seen God at any time; the Only-begotten
Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared
Him St. John i. 18 (R.V.).. The
Deity, therefore, is ineffable and incomprehensible. For no
one knoweth the Father, save the Son, nor the Son, save the
Father St. Matt. xi. 27.. And the
Holy Spirit, too, so knows the things of God as the spirit of the man
knows the things that are in him 1 Cor. ii. 11..
Moreover, after the first and blessed nature no one, not of men only,
but even of supramundane powers, and the Cherubim, I say, and Seraphim
themselves, has ever known God, save he to whom He revealed
Himself.