Philippians 2:9 Douay-Rheims

For which cause God also hath exalted him, and hath given him a name which is above all names:

Augustine of Hippo (attributed)

Patristic

None of the faithful doubt that the Son of God was begotten in perfect reception of all that belongs to the character of God. The Son received all the attributes of divinity in being born from God the Father. It was then that he received "the name that is above all names," that is, that he should be called what the Father is called. Nothing different is predicated of him with regard to the future, since he has all things before him. So he was born for the re-creation and restoration of all these. Seeing that order and reason demand that every knee should bow to the name of the Father, the Father bestowed this name upon the Son because of the salvation he was to perform. This name was bestowed when he begot the Son. The Father begot him that he might enjoy the same honor as the Father himself.

Source details
on Phil 2:9 (QUESTIONS ON THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, APPENDIX 39)

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

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