Ephesians 1:20 (WEB)
which he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
Catechism · 4
In the Age of the Church
“It is the prayer of Paul, the apostle par excellence, which reveals to us how the divine solicitude for all the churches ought to inspire Christian prayer.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rom 10:1; Eph 1:16-23; Phil 1911; Col 1:3-6; 4:3-4, 12.
The Almighty
“It is in Christ's Resurrection and exaltation that the Father has shown forth "the immeasurable greatness of his power in us who believe".” — Catechism footnote: Eph 1:19-22.
On the Third Day He Rose from the Dead
“St. Paul insists on the manifestation of God's power” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rom 6:4; 2 Cor 13:4; Phil 3:10; Eph 1:19-22; Heb 7:16.
"From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"
“He is "far above all rule and authority and power and dominion", for the Father "has put all things under his feet."” — Catechism footnote: Eph 1:20-22.
Fathers and councils · 10
Athanasius of Alexandria
“…Lord is in want, when He says, ‘Is given unto Me,’ and ‘I received,’ and if Paul says, ‘Wherefore He highly exalted Him,’ and ‘He set Him at the right hand,’ and the like, we must say that our Lord, being Word and Son of God, bore a body, and became Son of Man, that, having become Mediator between God, and men, He…” — editor's note: Matt. xxviii. 18; John x. 18; Phil. ii. 9; Eph. i. 20.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“And charging the Ephesians, he thus speaks, According to the working of His mighty power, which He wrought in Christ when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand; and the rest.” — editor's note: Eph. i. 19, 20.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And Thou, O Lord, hadst already magnified Thy Holy One, raising Him from the dead, and setting Him at Thy right hand, whence from on high He should send His promise, the Paraclete, “the Spirit of Truth.”” — editor's note: Eph. i. 20.
Read the whole comment“…most peacefully one, by that stability of peace of holy spirits, the citizens of Thy city “in the heavenly places,” above these heavenly places which are seen.” — editor's note: Eph. i. 20, etc.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…to the tradition of men, and after the rudiments of this world, not according to Christ; for in Him dwelleth all the fulness of Godhead in bodily shape.”” — editor's note: It would, I think, be unfair to construe this passage into an absolute condemnation of all the results of human activity, arrived at without any conscious…
Read the whole comment“This He said with regard to taking back to Himself His body—to Him the Father said: “Sit Thou at My right hand.”” — editor's note: i.e. to the risen Christ. Eph. i. 20.
Read the whole comment“…power and might and dominion and every name that is named not only in this world, but also in that which is to come; and hath put all things under His feet.”” — editor's note: Eph. i. 20, 21.
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Leo the Great
“…and hath put all things under His feet, and given Him to be the head over all the Church which is His body, and the fulness of Him Who filleth all in all.”” — editor's note: Ephes. i. 15–23.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…and power and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this world but also in that which is to came, and put all things in subjection under His feet.” — editor's note: Eph. i. 19 b–22 a.
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Tertullian
“It was He who “wrought in Christ His mighty power, by raising Him from the dead, and setting Him at His own right hand, and putting all things under His feet”—even the same who said: “Sit Thou on my right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool.”” — editor's note: Eph. i. 19–22.
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Cross-references · 30
Cited together in Catechism §668.
Cited together in Catechism §648.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.12.
Cited together in Confessions XII.11.
Cited together in Catechism §648.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.12.
Cited together in Confessions XII.11.
Cited together in Confessions XII.11.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.2.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.2.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.2.
Cited together in Catechism §648.
Cited together in Catechism §648.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Catechism §668.
Cited together in Catechism §272.
Cited together in Catechism §272.
Cited together in Catechism §668.
Cited together in Catechism §668.
Cited together in Catechism §668.
Cited together in Catechism §648.