explains that other text, Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father (Jn 20:17).52 Touching concludes as it were the process of getting acquainted. He did not want this heart, so eagerly reaching out to him, to stop at thinking that he was only what could be seen and touched. His ascension to the Father signified his being seen in his equality with the Father, that being the ultimate vision which suffices us. Again, it is sometimes said of the Son by himself that he suffices us,
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