Thomas Aquinas, on 1Cor 15:27

“All things are put under him; undoubtedly, he is excepted, who put all things under him.”

“948. – That death itself will be subjected to Christ he proves with an authority (Ps 8:8): Thou hast put all things under his feet, i.e., under His humanity, namely, Christ's. "And every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord" (Phil 2:11); "To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear" (Is 45:23). 949. – From this authority he argues, saying: But when it says. The reasoning is this: The prophet says, you have subjected all things; by saying all things, nothing is excluded, except the one who subjects. Therefore, all things including death are subjected to Christ. He says, therefore: When it says, all things are subjected to him, namely, Christ as man, except him, namely, the Father, who subjected all things to him: "Putting everything in subjection under his feet" (Heb 2:8); "All power is given to me in heaven and on earth" (Matt 28:18). But on the other hand. If the Father subjected all things to the Son, the Son is less than the Father. The answer is that the Father subjected all to the Son as man, as has been stated, and so the Father is greater than the Son. For He is less according to his humanity, but equal according to His divinity. Or it might be said that even the Son Himself as God subjected all things to Himself, because as God He can do all that the Father does: "We await a Savior who will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power which enables him even to subject all things to himself" (Phil 3:20).”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.