Catena Fidei

Hebrews 1:4 (WEB)
having become as much better than the angels as the more excellent name he has inherited is better than theirs.

Fathers and councils · 9

Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius IV.2Book IV
“And of the angels He saith, ‘Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire’: but of the Son He saith, ‘Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom,’” and all else that the prophecy recites together with these words in declaring His Godhead.” — editor's note: Cf. Heb. i. 4, and foll. It is to be noted that Gregory connects πάλιν in v. 6, with εἰσαγάγῃ, not treating it, as the A.V. does, as simply introducing another…
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Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians I.12Discourse I
“Chapter XIII.—Texts Explained; Thirdly, Hebrews i. 4.” — the author cites it
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Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians II.1Discourse II
“…of Solomon in the Person of the Lord Himself, ‘The Lord created me a beginning of His ways for His works;’ so by Paul, ‘Become so much better than the Angels;’ and again, ‘He emptied Himself, and took upon Him the form of a servant;’ and again, ‘Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider…” — editor's note: Heb. i. 4.
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Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith I.2Book I
“…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…
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Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith III.11Book III
“In the first place, “having made purification, He sitteth on the right hand of Majesty on high, being made so much better than the angels.”” — editor's note: Heb. i. 3, 4.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 45
“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. 3, 4, 5.
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Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity Book 4
“…prove, as to the first point, by what Paul writes to the Hebrews, Being made so much better than the angels, as He possesseth a more excellent name than they, and again, Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus Christ, who is faithful…” — editor's note: Heb. i. 4.
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