Colossians 2:9 Douay-Rheims

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead corporeally;

Augustine of Hippo

A.D. 354–430 Patristic

Speaking of him as our Head, the apostle says: "For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead corporally." He does not say "corporally" because God is corporeal, but he either uses the word in a derived sense as if he dwells in a temple made by hands, not corporally but symbolically, that is, under prefiguring signs … or else the word corporally is certainly used because God dwells, as in his temple, in the body of Christ which he took from the Virgin.

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A.D. 430 · on Col 2:9

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