The sanction, the demands, and the threat that this event introduces cannot be perceived; neither can the void that occurs in a creaturely object or a person and by virtue of which they are what they really are not. Strictly speaking, ἅγιος means that a = (-a). Only God can guarantee that this determination is divine and therefore real. There is no way to directly identify the state of holiness as such! Holiness that is conspicuous, tangible, or perceptible (humanly speaking) is not holiness. Apart
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