1 PETER
(1 Peter 2:21) 2ND CATEGORY NT QUESTION 64. THE APOSTLE ST. PETER SAYS, "CHRIST DIED FOR YOU.” ST. PAUL, ON THE CONTRARY, CLAIMS THAT HE DIED FOR HIM. "HE IS," SAID HE, "RENDERED OBEDIENT TILL DEATH; WHEREFORE GOD HAS GIVEN HIM A NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME." (PHILIP. 2:8-9) NOW IF THIS IS SO, SHOULD WE NOT CONCLUDE THAT IT WAS IMPERFECT, SINCE HE OWES TO HIS WORKS AN INCREASE OF GLORY? — No one doubts among the faithful that the Son of God has received all the perfection of his divine birth. He received from the birth of God the Father all the attributes of the Father's divinity. It was then that he received a name that is above every name, that is to say the very name of God that is common to him with the Father. Because in him no perfection is yet to come, he has them all eternally. He is born to create and repair all things. Order and reason require that every knee bend in the name of the Father. The Father communicates this prerogative to the Son, in view of the works he was to perform, but he communicates it to him through the generation. By engendering him, he gives him the same honor, the same glory that he has himself. |