“Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.”
Which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way — the ekklēsia ('church') is the sōma ('body') and the plērōma ('fullness') of Christ, the one who fills ta panta ('all things') en pasin ('in all respects'); this suggests not only the church as the body of Christ but the church as the manifestation or embodiment of Christ's cosmic fullness.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 1:23
“And made Him to sit at His right hand, in the Heavenly places, far above all rule and authority, and power and dominion, and every name that is named: and He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him to be Head over all things to the Church, which is His body, the fullness of Him that fills all in all.” Vast indeed are the mysteries and secrets of which He has made us partakers. And these it is not possible for us to understand otherwise than by being…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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