Ephesians 4:10 (WEB)
He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.
Catechism · 4
"Our Father Who Art in Heaven"
“Jn Christ, then, heaven and earth are reconciled, for the Son alone "descended from heaven" and causes us to ascend there with him, by his Cross, Resurrection, and Ascension.” — Catechism footnote: Jn 3:13; 12:32; 14 2-3; 16:28; 20:17; Eph 4:9-10; Heb 1:3; ⇒ 2:13.
"He Descended into Hell. on the Third Day He Rose Again"
“He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens."” — Catechism footnote: Eph 4:9-10.
"He Ascended into Heaven and is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father"
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“"No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 3:13; cf. Eph 4:8-10.
"From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"
“In him human history and indeed all creation are "set forth" and transcendently fulfilled.” — Catechism footnote: Eph 1:10; cf. 4:10; 1 Cor 15:24, 27-28.
Fathers and councils · 14
Origen
“…said to be “in the depth or in the height,” since “He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things.”” — editor's note: Cf. Eph. iv. 10.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
- Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies Fragments from.52Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus
“…He was crucified through weakness, yet He liveth by divine power;” who “descended into the lower parts of the earth,” and who “ascended up above the heavens;” for whom a manger sufficed, yet who filled all things; who was dead, yet who liveth for ever and ever.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 9, 10.
Read the whole comment “But what Isaiah said, “From the height above, or from the depth beneath,” was meant to indicate, that “He who descended was the same also who ascended.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 10.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For after saying, ‘He hath humbled Himself even unto death,’ He immediately added, ‘Wherefore He hath highly exalted Him;’ wishing to shew, that, although as man He is said to have died, yet, as being Life, He was exalted on the resurrection; for ‘He who descended, is the same also who rose again.’” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 10, but ἀναστάς for ἀναβὰς.
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Augustine of Hippo
“This is what the Apostle saith, “the Same is He that hath ascended above all Heavens.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 10.
Read the whole comment“(This we see is the reason why gifts are spoken of; because, as he says elsewhere, “Are all apostles? are all prophets?” etc.) And here he has added, “For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 7–12
Read the whole comment“He that descended is the same also that ascended up above all heavens, that He might fill all things.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 9, 10.
Read the whole comment“…every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, unto the edifying of itself in love.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 10–16.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…“Jesus Christ the same yesterday and to-day and for ever” and in another place—“He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens.”” — editor's note: Ephes. iv. 10
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Basil the Great
“The faith of the sound is that God fills all things; but they who divide their up and down between the Father and the Son do not remember even the word of the Prophet: “If I climb up into heaven thou art there; if I go down to hell thou art there also.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 10.
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John Cassian
“And so the Apostle’s teaching is admirably in accordance with those sacred words: (“for He that descended,” says He, “is the same that ascended also above all heavens, that He might fill all things,”) when He says that He that descended is the same that ascended.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 10.
Read the whole comment“And if we do not believe that He rose again, we cannot either believe that He ascended: as the Apostle says, “For He that descended is the same also that ascended.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 10.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of ministering.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 7, 10–12.
Read the whole comment“He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all heavens, that He may fill all things.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 9, 10.
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Cross-references · 20
Cited together in The City of God XXII.18.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.35.
Cited together in Catechism §661 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.52.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.52.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.52.
Cited together in Catechism §661.
Cited together in Catechism §661.
Cited together in Catechism §668.
Cited together in Letters Letter 83 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.18.
Cited together in Catechism §668.
Cited together in Catechism §668.
Cited together in Catechism §668.
Cited together in Letters Letter 83.
Cited together in Catechism §668.
Cited together in Catechism §668.
Cited together in Catechism §668.
Cited together in Catechism §668 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.18.