“Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.”
So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs — the comparison initiates the catena of Old Testament proofs establishing his surpassing supremacy. The Son's superiority is measured by the superiority of his name; in Hebrews, names carry ontological weight, revealing the deepest nature of their bearers.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 1:4
O! The wisdom of the Apostle! Or rather, not the wisdom of Paul, but the grace of the Spirit is the thing to wonder at. For surely he uttered not these things of his own mind, nor in that way did he find his wisdom. (For whence could it be? From the knife, and the skins, or the workshop?) But it was from the working of God. For his own understanding did not give birth to these thoughts, which was then so mean and slender as in nowise to surpass the baser sort; (for how could…
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