Colossians 2:9 (WEB)
For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily,
Catechism · 4
The Eighth Commandment
“…truth and love visible in Christ, who "reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature," in whom "the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily."” — Catechism footnote: Heb 1:3; Col 2:9.
"Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary"
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“Mary was invited to conceive him in whom the "whole fullness of deity" would dwell "bodily".” — Catechism footnote: Col 2:9.
The Mysteries of Christ's Life
“His deeds, miracles and words all revealed that "in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily."” — Catechism footnote: Col 2:9.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“It was fitting that the mother of him in whom "the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily"” — Catechism footnote: Col 2:9.
Fathers and councils · 34
Gregory of Nyssa
“And that “in Him dwelleth the fulness of the Godhead,” the mighty Paul attests: yea, moreover, through the prophet Isaiah it is attested, as to the manifestation of the Divine appearance vouchsafed to him, when…” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“For having by purity brought into closest relationship with the Father of our nature that new man which is created after God, in Whom dwelt all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, He drew with Him into the same grace all the nature that partakes of His body and is akin to Him.” — editor's note: Cf. Col. ii. 9
Read the whole comment“…are more than one, since, whenever it uses the term, it makes mention of the Godhead in the singular; as,—“In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead”; and, elsewhere,—“The invisible things of Him from the foundation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His…” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“And they state that it was clearly on this account that Paul said, “And He Himself is all things;” and again, “All things are to Him, and of Him are all things;” and further, “In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead;” and yet again, “All things are gathered together by God in Christ.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
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John Damascene
“The divine Apostle in truth says that in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, that is to say in His flesh.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
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Ambrose of Milan
“He it is in Whom the Father is well pleased; He is the Arm of the Father, for He is Creator of all, and the Wisdom of the Father, for He proceeded from the mouth of God; the Power of the Father, because the fulness of the Godhead dwelleth in Him bodily.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“Not that the Father is one Person with the Son; between Father and Son is the plain distinction that comes of generation; so that Christ is God of God, Everlasting of Everlasting, Fulness of Fulness.” — editor's note: Col. i. 19; ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“He, therefore, possessing the fulness of Divinity and glory, is not, in respect of His Divinity, inferior.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“In regard of His Godhead, therefore, the Son of God so hath His own glory, that the glory of Father and Son is one: He is not, therefore, inferior in splendour, for the glory is one, nor lower in Godhead, for the fulness of the Godhead is in Christ.” — editor's note: Col. i. 19; ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“Oneness in Godhead the Law hath proved, which speaks of one God, as also the Apostle, by saying of Christ; “In Whom dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9. “Bodily,” i.e. manifested in bodily form, in human flesh and blood.
Read the whole comment“O fools, talking as though they knew not the difference between the word uttered and the Divine Word, abiding eternally, born of the Father—born, I say, not uttered only—in Whom is no combination of syllables, but the fulness of the eternal Godhead and life without end!” — editor's note: Col. i. 19; ii. 9; iii. 4; S. John i. 4; v. 26; xi. 25; xiv. 6; Rev. i. 18.
Read the whole comment“For how does He progress according to His Godhead, in Whom the fulness of the Godhead dwells?” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“And why should I tell how great is the grace of virginity, which was found worthy to be chosen by Christ, that it might be even the bodily temple of God, in which as we read the fulness of the Godhead dwelt bodily.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“…written that we may refer them to the Unity of the Godhead, and believe that which the Apostle said, that the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily in Christ, which dwells also in the Father, and dwells in the Holy Spirit; and that, as there is a unity of the Godhead, so also is there a unity of operation.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
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Augustine of Hippo
“There is also disclosed that most salutary admonition of Thy Spirit, by Thy good and pious servant: “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ: for in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 8, 9.
Read the whole comment““For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead,” not in a shadow, as in the temple made by king Solomon, but “bodily,” that is, solidly and truly.…“For there is One God, and One Mediator of God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,” Mountain of mountains, as Saint of saints.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“But when John the Baptist said, “For God giveth not the Spirit by measure,” he was speaking exclusively of the Son of God, who received not the Spirit by measure; for in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis II.6Book II
“And when it is said “above thy fellows,” it is meant that the grace of the Spirit was not given to it as to the prophets, but that the essential fulness of the Word of God Himself was in it, according to the saying of the apostle, “In whom dwelt all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
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Leo the Great
“…and not after Christ; for in Him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, and in Him ye are made full, who is the head of every principality and power.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 8–10.
Read the whole comment“…by His mother at the end of the ages: so that He was “mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,” in whom dwelt “the fulness of the Godhead bodily:” because it was the assumed (nature) not the Assuming (nature) which was raised, because God “exalted Him and gave Him the Name which is above every name:…” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“…according to the tradition of men, and not according to Christ; for in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, and ye have been filled in Him.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 8–10.
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Basil the Great
“The teaching of inspired Scripture does not allow of our speaking of many godheads, but, wherever it mentions the Godhead, speaks of it in the singular number; as, for instance, “in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
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John Cassian
“For according to the Apostle, “all the fulness of the Godhead dwelleth in Christ bodily.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“Or this: “For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…it out of the way, nailing it to the Cross; and having put off the flesh He made a show of powers openly, triumphing over them through confidence in Himself.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 8–15.
Read the whole comment“…and again, And all things that are Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine, and the Apostle testifies, For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily; and by the nature of things a portion cannot possess the whole.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“…and bodiless, and only a possible and embodied being could so be treated, and, as the Apostle says, in Christ dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“…and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world and not after Christ; for in Him dwelleth the fulness of Godhead bodily.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 8, 9.
Read the whole comment“…and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ; for in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 8, 9.
Read the whole comment“…according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ, in Whom dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 8, 9.
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Tertullian
“…of their natural substance; for if in Its fulness It has baffled man’s understanding, much more has a portion of It, especially when partaking of the fulness.” — editor's note: He seems here to allude to such statements of God’s being as Col. ii. 9.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“…from the three divisions of the world; and that this, says (the Peratic), is what is spoken: “It pleased him that in him should dwell all fulness bodily,” and in Him the entire Divinity resides of the triad as thus divided.” — editor's note: σωματικῶς, i.e., substantially. See Col. i. 19; ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“And they are disposed to think that this is what has been declared, “in whom dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
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Ephrem the Syrian
“He supplied then the deficiency, and gave life to mortality, that we may know that from the body in which fulness dwelt, the deficiency of them that lacked was supplied; and from the body in which life dwelt, life was given to mortals.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 9.
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Cross-references · 47
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.4.
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Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.1.
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Cited together in Catechism §722.
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Cited together in Catechism §515.
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Cited together in Catechism §484.
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Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.1.
Cited together in Confessions III.4.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.1.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.19.
Cited together in Letters Letter 189 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.4 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §515.
Cited together in Catechism §515.
Cited together in Letters Letter 189 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.4 and 1 other place.
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Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.4.
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Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius V.4.
Cited together in Catechism §484.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.6.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.7.