149. Be it so, nevertheless, that they
suppose the passage to be intended of the Father, then let us call to
mind that even as we read of all things being of Him, so too we
read of all things being through Him, that is to say, the
authority of the Father and of the Son is extended over the whole
created universe. And, though we have already proved the
Omnipotence of the Son by the Omnipotence of the Father, See § 140,
and comparison of Ps. cxix. 91,
with St. John i. 3; Col. i. 17, and Ps. viii. 8, with Heb. ii.
8. still—forasmuch as they are ever
bent upon disparagement—let them consider that they disparage the
Father as well as the Son. For if the Son be limited in might,
because all things are through Him, do we say further, that the
Father likewise is limited, because all things are through Him
also?