ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 15 v28b

SUBJECTION THE CROWNING GLORY OF THE SON’S WORK. ORIGEN: But the heretics, not understanding (I cannot tell why) the apostle’s meaning contained in these words, deprecate using the term subjection in regard to the Son. … Such men do not understand that the subjection of Christ to the Father reveals the blessedness of our perfection and announces the crowning glory of the work undertaken by him. ON FIRST PRINCIPLES 3.5.7.

SPEAKING ABOUT GOD AS SUBSTANCE. MARIUS VICTORINUS: Therefore God is also Being, both existing and substance, although he is above all that because he is the Father of all. We should not be afraid to use the word substance of God, because when words are lacking to describe the highest realities, it is not inappropriate for us to take terms borrowed from what we do know and understand and use them in this special sense. AGAINST ARIUS 2.2.2.

THE SUBJECTION OF THE FATHER AND THE SON. GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS: As the Son subjects all to the Father, so does the Father to the Son, the one by his work, the other by his good pleasure. THEOLOGICAL ORATION 30.5.

THE SON WILLINGLY SUBJECTED TO THE FATHER. CHRYSOSTOM: Why does Paul talk about the subjection of the Son to the Father, when he has just finished speaking about the subjection of everything to Christ? The apostle speaks in one way when he is talking about the Godhead alone and in another way when he is speaking about the divine dispensation. For example, once he has established the context of our Lord’s incarnation, Paul is not afraid to talk about his many humiliations, because these are not inappropriate to the incarnate Christ, even though they obviously cannot apply to God. In the present context, which of these two is he talking about? Given that he has just mentioned Christ’s death and resurrection, neither of which can apply to God, it is clear that he is thinking of the divine dispensation of the incarnation, in which the Son has willingly subjected himself to the Father. But note that he introduces a corrective by saying that the one who put all things under him is himself excepted from the general rule. This is meant to remind us that Christ the Son is also truly God. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 39.7.

WHETHER THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN THE SON. AUGUSTINE: If the Son is equal, how is the Father greater? For the Lord himself says: “because the Father is greater than I.”However, the rule of Catholic faith is this: when the Scriptures say of the Son that he is less than the Father, the Scriptures mean in respect to the assumption of humanity. But when the Scriptures point out that he is equal, they are understood in respect to his deity. QUESTIONS 69.1.

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