Editing Ancient of Days (section)

===Western Christianity===
In the Western Church similar figures usually represent only God the Father. [[Thomas Aquinas]], for example, identifies the Ancient of Days with God the Father, quoting [[Hilary of Poitiers]]' comment that "eternity is in the Father".<ref>Summa Theologica III.59.1 obj 2, ad 2</ref>

The Book of Daniel also contains a reference to "someone like a son of man", who is brought up close before the Ancient of Days, and to whom are given "rulership and dignity and kingdom, that the peoples, national groups and languages should all serve even him" (Daniel 7:13–14). Some Christian commentators have understood this to describe God the Father bestowing rulership over an everlasting kingdom upon Jesus (who is often called "the [[Son of man (Christianity)|Son of man]]"), which would suggest that the Ancient of Days is not identical with Jesus. It has been noted that "Daniel's vision of the two figures is the only one in which the two divine persons are seen face to face".<ref name=McKay/>

Among ancient Jewish [[pseudepigrapha]], the [[Book of Enoch]] states that he who is called "Son of man," who existed before the worlds were, is seen by Enoch in company with the "Ancient of Days".<ref>{{cite web|title=Book of Enoch|url=http://www.ccel.org/ccel/deane/pseudepig.iv.html|work=Pseudepigrapha: An Account of Certain Apocryphal Sacred Writings of the Jews and Early Christians|publisher=Christian Classics Etherial Library|access-date=2 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Book of Enoch, Chapter XLVI |url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/boe049.htm |publisher=Sacred Texts.com |access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref>

In the hymn "[[Immortal%2C_Invisible%2C_God_Only_Wise|Immortal, Invisible, God only Wise]]" (lyrics Walter C. Smith, 1867), the last two lines of the first verse read:

{{Poem quote|Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious, Thy great Name we praise.}}

In the hymn "O Worship the King" (lyrics Robert Grant, 1833), the last two lines of the first verse read: 

{{Poem quote|Our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.}}