...lit. xii. 28, 34), remembered many of the things he had seen in the rapture; hence he said : I have heard secret words which it is not granted to man to utter (2 Cor. xii. 4). Therefore it must be said that certain similitudes of what he remembered, remained in his mind;...

...claims in the Bible to have been "caught up into paradise" (specifically the "third heaven") where he "heard secret words which it is not granted to man to utter" (2 Corinthians 12:2—4), and Virgil describes the visit of AENEAS (see "Virgil" above) to the underworld...

...greatness of the revelations made to him, he did not say, I saw or 1 perceived secret words ; but, ' I heard secret words which it is not granted to man to utter. 'f It is thought that St. Paul also saw God, as our father Elias, in the whisper of a gentle air. For...

...in His essence, Paul remembered what he had seen in that vision; hence he said (2 Cor. xii. 4): He heard secret words, which it is not granted to man to utter. Now the memory belongs to the sensitive faculty according to the Philosopher (De Mem. et Remin, I),...

...body I know not, or out of the body I know not, such a one was caught up to the third heaven * * * and heard secret words which it is not granted to man to utter. * * * And lest the greatness of the revelations should puff me up, there was given me a sting of my...