In speaking of the relationship between Christ and the Father, the Fathers often use the image of the radiance of the sun: the inner core of the sun’s fiery heart expresses itself in the flashing forth of its rays, and one can see the sun only in this effulgence burning in the sky, since its inner core remains inaccessible to human eyes. In the same way, the Son is the expression of the Father’s transcendent glory. The Father in Himself remains inaccessible and invisible to His creation, and He is