Hebrews 1:2 (WEB)
has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
Catechism · 2
Sacred Scripture
“Through all the words of Sacred Scripture, God speaks only one single Word, his one Utterance in whom he expresses himself completely:” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Heb 1:1-3
The Revelation of God
“"In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son."” — Catechism footnote: Heb 1:1-2
Fathers and councils · 22
Gregory of Nyssa
“For the heir of all things, the maker of the ages, He Who shines with the Father’s glory and expresses in Himself the Father’s person, has all things that the Father Himself has, and is possessor of all His…” — editor's note: Cf. Heb. i. 2
Read the whole comment“To him who says, “He that is, as the Apostle says, the ‘heir of all things’ that are in the Father, is without part or lot in His Father’s glory”; or to Him Who declares that all things that the Father hath, He Himself hath also?” — editor's note: Heb. i. 2.
Read the whole comment“For ourselves, “through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God,” as saith the Apostle.” — editor's note: Heb. i. 2.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“And where the sacred writers say, ‘Who exists before the ages,’ and ‘By whom He made the ages,’ they thereby as clearly preach the eternal and everlasting being of the Son, even while they are designating God Himself.” — editor's note: Heb. i. 2.
Read the whole comment“…says, ‘God who at sundry times and divers manners spake in times past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son;’ then again shortly after he says, ‘when He had by Himself purged our sins, He sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better…” — editor's note: Heb. i. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.4Discourse III
“For if He were one of all, then He were not ‘heir of all,’ but every one had received according as the Father willed and gave.” — editor's note: Heb. i. 2.
Read the whole comment “But when they brought him the letters he called the monks and said, ‘Do not be astonished if an emperor writes to us, for he is a man; but rather wonder that God wrote the Law for men and has spoken to us through His own Son.’” — editor's note: Heb. i. 2.
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John Damascene
“The divine apostle also says, Through Whom He created the ages.” — editor's note: Hebr. i. 2.
Read the whole comment“And the Apostle says, God, Who at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son.” — editor's note: Heb. i. 1, 2.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“For in these last days God spake unto us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds.” — editor's note: Heb. i. 2.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…with this doctrine, Paul with his usual mighty voice cries concerning Him; ‘whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds ’ ‘For by Him were all things created that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or…” — editor's note: Heb. i. 2. Vide Alford. proleg. to Ep. to Heb., “Nowhere except in the Alexandrian Church does there seem to have existed any idea that the Epistle was St.…
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Ambrose of Milan
“…say that God is One, neither dividing His Son from Him, as do the heathen, nor denying, with the Jews, that He was begotten of the Father before all worlds, and afterwards born of the Virgin; nor yet, like Sabellius, confounding the Father with the Word, and so maintaining that Father and Son are one and the same…” — editor's note: The original is ante tempora—“before the ages”—“before time was.” Cf. 1 Cor. viii. 6; Phil. ii. 6–8; Col. i. 15 (πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως—“first-born of all…
Read the whole comment“They say that the Son of God had a beginning in time, whereas He Himself is the source and ordainer of time and all that therein is.” — editor's note: The original was: “Cum conditor ipse sit temporum,” which, rendered more closely word for word, is, “whereas He Himself is the ordainer of times,” or “ages.”…
Read the whole comment“In another place also the Apostle has declared that God made the Son “heir of all things, by Whom also He made the worlds, Who is the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His substance.”” — editor's note: Heb. i. 2.
Read the whole comment“…declaration of the Godhead, that you might know that Christ is not two, but One, being both begotten of the Father before the worlds, and in the last times created of the Virgin.” — editor's note: 1 Pet. i. 21; Heb. i. 1, 2; Gal. iv. 4.
Read the whole comment“For the word “before” is a mark of time, whereas the Generation is before all times, and therefore that which comes after aught comes not before it, and the work cannot be before the maker, seeing that necessarily objects made take their commencement from the craftsman who makes them.” — editor's note: Or “before all worlds.” Cf. Heb. i. 2, in the Greek, Latin, and English.
Read the whole comment“Elsewhere too Scripture says: “By whom also He made the ages, who is the brightness of His glory and the express Image of His Person.”” — editor's note: Heb. i. 2, 3.
Read the whole comment“But as the Father is one Who both spake of old, as we read, to the fathers by the prophets, and to us in the last days by His Son; “and as the Son is one, Who according to the tenour of the Old Testament was offended by Adam, seen by Abraham, worshipped by Jacob; so, too, the Holy Spirit…” — editor's note: Heb. i. 1, 2.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But as the “Mine heart hath uttered a good Word,” was understood by us in the other clause of the generation of the Son, it seems that a kind of repetition is made in the following sentence, so that the “Mine heart hath uttered a good Word,” which had been already said, is repeated in what He is now saying, “I speak.”” — editor's note: Heb. i. 1, 2.
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Basil the Great
“O enemy of Christ, hear God speaking to His Co-operator, to Him by Whom also He made the worlds, Who upholds all things by the word of His power.” — editor's note: cf. Heb. i. 2, 3.
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John Chrysostom
“Hebrews i. 1, 2” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For at once even from the introduction, he laid down this saying, that “to them indeed He spake by prophets, but to us by the Son” ( c. i. 1, 2 ), and to them “at sundry times and in divers manners,” but to us through the Son.” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.9.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.9.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.9 and 1 other place.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.9.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.1.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in Catechism §102.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.9.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.9.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.