Salmos 145
Ambrose of Milan · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Salmos 145:3
You cannot, then, heretic [Arian], build up a false doctrine on the basis of an analogy of human procreation. Nor can you gather the means for such a purpose from our discussion, for we cannot embrace the greatness of infinite godhead, "of whose greatness there is no end," in our limited speech. If you should seek to give an account of a human's birth, you must certainly point to a time. But the divine generation is above all things. It reaches far and wide, and it rises high above all thought and feeling. For it is written, "No one comes to the Father, except by me." Whatever, therefore, you conceive concerning the Father—yes, even his eternity—you cannot conceive anything concerning him except with the Son's aid nor can any understanding ascend to the Father except through the Son. "This is my dearly beloved Son," the Father said. "Is," please note, means that who he is, and what he is, is [true] forever. Hence David is also moved to say, "O Lord, your Word abides forever in heaven," for what abides fails neither in time nor in eternity. — Exposition of the Christian Faith 1.10.63
Salmos 145:15-16
And the apostle [Paul] added, "For of him, and through him and in him are all things." What does "of him" mean? It means that the nature of everything exists according to his will and that he is the creator of everything that has come into existence. What does "through him" mean? It means that the creation and preservation of all things is his gift. What does "in him" mean? It means that all things by a wonderful kind of longing and unspeakable love look on the author of their life and the giver of their abilities and functions according to that which is written: "The eyes of all look to you," and "You open your hand and fill every living creature with your good pleasure." — On the Holy Spirit 2.9.91