“I kept on beholding saw in the night visions of the night, and, see there! behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of the heavens someone like a son of man happened to be coming; heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days he gained accessdays, and they brought him up close even near before that Onehim. And to him there were was given rulership him dominion, and dignity glory, and a kingdom, that the peoplesall people, nations, national groups and languages , should all serve even him. His rulership : his dominion is an indefinitely lasting rulership that will everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that will which shall not be brought to ruindestroyed."

There are whoever , however, two questions when it comes to the use of this title: 1) How is it broadly used in reference to the divine nature, in the writings of the fathers and the hymns of the Church? And then 2) who is the Ancient of Days in the prophesy of Daniel? There is also the question of how the Ancient of Days is used iconographically.