Editing Ezekiel (section)

=== Christian tradition ===
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[[File:Ezekiel-icon.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|[[Russian icon]] of the Prophet Ezekiel holding a [[scroll]] with his prophecy and pointing to the "closed gate" (18th century, [[Iconostasis]] of [[Kizhi]] [[monastery]], Russia)]]

Ezekiel is commemorated as a [[saint]] in the [[Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar|liturgical calendar]] of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]—and those [[Eastern Catholic Churches]] which follow the [[Byzantine Rite]]—on July 21 (for those churches which use the traditional [[Julian Calendar]], July 21 falls on August 5 of the modern [[Gregorian Calendar]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2019/07/21/102064-prophet-ezekiel|title=Lives of the Saints|website=Oca.org|access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> Ezekiel is commemorated on August 28 on the [[Calendar of Saints (Armenian Apostolic Church)|Calendar of Saints]] of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]], and on April 10 in the [[Roman Martyrology]].

Certain [[Lutheranism|Lutheran churches]] also celebrate his commemoration on July 21.<ref>Emmaus Evangelical Lutheran Church, [http://www.emmaus24.org/cotw/2018-07-15_cotwbook.pdf Daily Catechesis on the Way], published 15 July 2018, accessed 21 February 2020</ref>

[[Saint Bonaventure]] interpreted Ezekiel's statement about the "closed gate" as a prophecy of the Incarnation: the "gate" signifying the [[Virgin Mary]] and the "prince" referring to Jesus. This is one of the [[lection|readings]] at [[Vespers]] on [[Great Feasts]] of the [[Theotokos]] in the [[Eastern Orthodox]] and [[Byzantine Catholic]] Churches.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}} This imagery is also found in the traditional Catholic Christmas hymn "[[Gaudete#Text|Gaudete]]" and in a saying by Bonaventure, quoted by [[Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori]]: "No one can enter Heaven unless by Mary, as though through a door."<ref>Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, ''[[The Glories of Mary]]'', Liguori, Mo.: Liguori Publications, 2000, p.&nbsp;623. {{ISBN|0-7648-0664-5}}.</ref> The imagery provides the basis for the concept that God gave Mary to humanity as the "Gate of Heaven" (thence the dedication of churches and convents to the Porta Coeli), an idea also laid out in the ''Salve Regina'' ([[Hail Holy Queen]]) prayer.

John B. Taylor credits the subject with imparting the Biblical understanding of the nature of God.<ref>Taylor, John B. (1976). ''Ezekiel.'' Downer's Grove, Illinois: Inter-Varsity Press. Series: The Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. pp. 39-41. {{ISBN|0-87784-884-X}}.</ref>