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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
Thus, He descended to the very lowest regions, beyond which there is nothing else, and ascended far above all things, above which there is nothing more. And this descent did not hinder His ascent. Therefore you also, if you humble yourselves, will be exalted. He accomplished this in order to fill all things with His dominion and power, according to the flesh, since according to His Divinity He already filled all things before. All of this is directed against Paul of Samosata and Nestorius. …
Irenaeus
Learn then, ye foolish men, that Jesus who suffered for us, and who dwelt among us, is Himself the Word of God. For if any other of the Aeons had become flesh for our salvation, it would have been probable that the apostle spoke of another. But if the Word of the Father who descended is the same also that ascended, He, namely, the Only-begotten Son of the only God, who, according to the good pleasure of the Father, became flesh for the sake of men, the apostle certainly does not speak regarding any other, or concerning any Ogdoad, …
Western Saints
Jerome
Could he possibly have passed through and beyond all the heavens and all the supernal regions and the heavenly orbits which philosophers call the spheres to take his place in the highest heaven, in its topmost location? Or should we rather believe that, transcending and spurning everything corporeal and contemplating the eternal, he has taken his place above the heavens, that is, above all that is visible? I think this the better opinion. …
Thomas Aquinas
Three aspects of the ascension are discussed. First, He that descended is the same also that ascended indicates the person who ascends. It affirms the unity of person in the two natures of Christ, the divine and the human. For he who descended, as was said, is the Son of God taking on human nature. He who ascends is the Son of man, raising human nature to the preeminence of immortal life. …
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