Is God Intangible or Comprehensible? According to Gregory the Great

Abstract

Harvey Egan confirms that Gregory the Great follows the negative way of the experience of God, which is the emptying of the mind from all images. Egan then says that Gregory is of the opinion that no one can see God face to face in this world.1 Neo Platonism has  not influenced Gregory, rather Augustine has.2 The main texts cited by Egan are from the Homiliae in Hiezechielem, 2, 5, 8-17; some  citations from the Moralia in Iob and from the Dialogi, which express that Gregory has a vision of light. The reason is that the soul  wants to see God and then it seeks out ways to grasp Him. He imagines this process of vision as having two doors, through which the soul must pass.