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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
What is thy prayer, and what thy entreaty? It is "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation." Two things he requires them to understand, as it is their duty to understand them; to what blessings they are called, and how they have been released from their former state. He says, however, himself, that these points are three. How then are they three? …
Theophylact of Ohrid
What do you pray and ask for on our behalf? That God may give you wisdom — "the God" of "our Lord Jesus," that is, of the Man like us according to the flesh. "The Father of glory," that is, the One who has granted us great and glorious blessings. For he always names Him on a particular basis, as in the expression: "the Father of mercies and God of all comfort" (2 Cor. 1:3); and the prophet: "O Lord, my strength, my shield" (Ps. 18:2–3). …
Western Saints
Jerome
It is this God of the incarnate man who is the Father of glory, wisdom and truth, who gives the Spirit of wisdom and revelation to those who believe in his Son so that they may become wise and contemplate the glory of the Lord with unveiled face. When this wisdom and revelation have made them wise and opened to them the mysteries that were hidden, it follows at once that they have "the eyes of their heart enlightened."
Hilary of Poitiers
All this the Apostle confirms in one short and decisive sentence, Making mention of you in my prayers that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation. When he speaks of Him as Jesus Christ, he mentions His God: when his theme is the glory of Christ, he calls God His Father. To Christ, as having glory, God is Father: to Christ, as being Jesus, God is God. ... Where the glory of Christ is concerned, God is His Father; where Christ is Jesus, there the Father is His God. …
Thomas Aquinas
It must be acknowledged, at this point, that our Lord Jesus Christ is both God and man. Insofar as he is man, he is related to God, since he is composed of body and soul, both of which, being creatures, are necessarily related to God. But according as he is God, he is related to the Father. "I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to my God and to your God" (Jn. 20:17). Likewise, as God he is the glory of the Father: "who, being the brightness of his glory, and the figure of his substance" (Heb. 1:3). …
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