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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"Unto Him be the glory," he concludes, "in the Church and in Christ Jesus, unto all generations forever and ever. Amen." Well does he close the discourse with prayer and doxology; for right were it that He, who hath bestowed upon us such vast gifts, should be glorified and blessed, so that this is even a proper part of our amazement at His mercies, to give glory for the things advanced to us at God's hands through Jesus Christ. "The glory in the Church." Well might he say this, forasmuch as the Church alone can last on to eternity.
Theophylact of Ohrid
And he rightly concludes his discourse with a doxology, glorifying the Benefactor and at the same time showing the greatness of what was accomplished for us. For he would not have marveled if God had not granted so much as to arouse wonder and glorification. He does not simply say "To Him be glory," but "in Christ Jesus." For truly no one can even glorify God except by the grace and power of Christ. For He grants us the gift of glorification and teaches how to accomplish this. …
Theodoret of Cyrus
God is to be worshiped both in the present life and in the next. Having thus revealed God's goodness to them, he proceeds to urge them on to the particular virtues.
Western Saints
Jerome
This glory does not extend over the present time only, as if terminating in the age to come. Rather it extends throughout all generations and all ages. It is eternally ineffable. It abides, develops and increases.
Thomas Aquinas
The subject matter of the thanksgiving is the twofold blessing God has bestowed upon us. The first is the institution of the Church, and the second the Incarnation of his Son. Hence he says to him, God the Father, be glory in the Church for all he has done in the Church he established, and in Christ, that is, through Christ; or for Christ whom he gave to us. To him, I repeat, be glory that his glory might shine forth, not only now, but unto all the generations of the age of ages, meaning in the age which embraces all things. …
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