ACC ~ Colossians 1 v19

WHAT IS THE FULLNESS? ORIGEN: The Word of God, by condescending to us and being humbled, as it were, in regard to his own worth, when he is present with men, is said to change places when he goes from this world to the Father. The result is that we then see him in his perfection, returning from the emptying with which he emptied himself alongside us to his own [proper and divine] fullness. And we, too, using him as a guide, are fulfilled and delivered from all emptiness. … If we understand the ascent of the Son to the Father with holy insight and in a way suitable to God, we shall realize that it is the ascent of mind rather than of body. ON PRAYER 23.2.

CHRYSOSTOM: By the term fullness some speak of the Godhead, like as John said, “Of his fullness have we all received.”That is, whatever was the Son, the whole Son dwelt there, not a sort of energy, but a Substance. HOMILIES ON COLOSSIANS 3.

THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: He calls the church the “fullness of God.” COMMENTARY ON COLOSSIANS.

THEODORET OF CYR: In the epistle to the Ephesians Paul calls the church the “fullness,” because it is filled with divine gifts. By God’s care it dwells in Christ, is joined to him, is under his rule, follows his laws. INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE COLOSSIANS.

AMBROSE: With regard to his Godhead, therefore, the Son of God so possesses his own glory that the glory of Father and Son is one: he is not, therefore, inferior in splendor, for the glory is one, nor lower in Godhead, for the fullness of the Godhead is in Christ. OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH 2.9.82.

AMBROSIASTER: The fullness is in him and remains in him. This means that he surpasses all things and cannot be surpassed, that he may fashion, refashion, restore the fallen, raise the dead. Thus he says, “Just as the Father has life in himself; so he gives it to the Son to have life in himself.” COMMENTARY ON THE LETTER TO THE COLOSSIANS.

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