No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
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Hippolytus of Rome
AD 235
But if thou hast not known the image, which is the Son, how dost thou seek to see the Father? And that this is the case is made clear by the rest of the chapter, which signifies that the Son who "has been set forth
