the third heaven
place · 4 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages
spoken of as
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Letters (Greek) · Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
And let us hear again him who was caught up to the third heaven.
in the texts
Letters
Heavenly realm to which Paul was caught up, cited twice as the scene of his rapture.
And let us hear again him who was caught up to the third heaven.
of a particular man, as, for example, of Paul, that he alone was caught up to the third heaven and heard unspeakable words that are not lawful for a man to utter;
Barlaam and Josaphat
The heavenly place to which Paul was caught up, per the citation.
And if that man, who reached as far as the third heaven and heard unspeakable words, uttered such words, who of those like me could at all look in the face the abysses of so many mysteries, and say anything to the purpose, or be able to conceive worthily of the things spoken, unless the giver of wisdom himself, the corrector of the unwise, should grant it?
Adversus Marcionem
The celestial realm from which Marcion's god is said to have descended to earth.
even this work of our God will please you, which your lord, that better god, fell in love with — for whose sake he laboured to descend from the third heaven into these poor elements;
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The heavenly realm to which Yama, Brahmā, and Nārada withdraw after the conflict with Rāvaṇa concludes.
Then Vaivasvata, together with the gods led by Brahmā, and the great sage Nārada, went to the third heaven, joyful.