ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 15 v25

HE WILL REIGN. JEROME: Will the Lord rule only until he has put all his enemies under his feet? Will he then stop ruling? Obviously it is only then that he will really begin to rule in the full sense of the word! AGAINST HELVIDIUS 6.

UNTIL WHAT? GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS: “He must reign” till such and such a time … and “be received by heaven until the time of restitution” and have the seat at the right hand until the overthrow of his enemies. But after this? Must he cease to be king or be removed from heaven? Why, who shall make him cease, or for what cause? What a bold and very anarchical interpreter you are, and yet you have heard that of his kingdom there shall be no end. Your mistake arises from not understanding that “until” is not always exclusive of what comes after but asserts up to that time, without denying what comes after it. To take a single instance, how else would you understand “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world”? Does it mean that he will no longer be so afterward? THEOLOGICAL ORATION 30.4.

ALL THE MORE KING AFTER HIS VICTORY. CYRIL OF JERUSALEM: Some say that when his enemies have been put under his feet, he will no longer be king, a bad and stupid thing to say. For if he is king before he has finally defeated his enemies, must he not be all the more king when he has completely mastered them? CATECHETICAL LECTURES 15.29.

THE CONTINUING CONFLICT. AUGUSTINE: He reigns forever. However, in respect to the war waged under him against the devil, this conflict will obviously continue “until he has put all his enemies under his feet.” But afterward there will be no conflict, since we shall enjoy an everlasting peace. QUESTIONS 69.8.

UNTIL HIS ENEMIES CONFESS HIS REIGN. AUGUSTINE: It is necessary for Christ’s kingdom to be manifested to such a degree until all his enemies confess that he does reign. … That is, the apostle says, it is necessary for him to make his reign so clearly evident until his enemies dare not at all deny that Christ reigns. QUESTIONS 69.5.

BEGGARING DESCRIPTION. CYRIL OF JERUSALEM: This body shall be raised but not in its present weakness. It shall be raised the very same body, but by putting aside corruption it shall be transformed, just as iron becomes fire when combined with fire, as the Lord who raises us knows. This body therefore shall rise, but it will not abide in its present condition, but as an eternal body. No longer will it, as now, need nourishment for life nor stairs for its ascent. It will become spiritual, a marvelous thing, beggaring description. CATECHETICAL LECTURES 18.

CHRIST’S REIGN FULFILLED. THEODORET OF CYR: The final victory will be the fulfillment, not the end, of Christ’s reign. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 270.

RENDERED POWERLESS. OECUMENIUS: The principalities and powers will be abolished and will be left powerless. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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