Cosmas Indicopleustes

In his own words on Philippians

• Philippians 2:6

  at the same time obscurely hinting that he did not take by robbery the things which belonged to God, since he was God; as the Apostle also declares: He counted it no robbery to be on an equality with God, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant.

  The Christian Topography, Book 5

• Philippians 2:10

  That in the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of beings celestial and terrestrial and subterranean; where by beings celestial are meant the angels, by the terrestrial men, and by the subterranean those that are buried in the earth. For the Apostle says that this is to take place at the resurrection, when all, alike angels that are in heaven, men that are upon the earth, and the dead that are buried in the earth, shall all rise and bow the knee in the name of Jesus the Son of God

  The Christian Topography, Book 2

• Philippians 3:20

  Our citizenship is in heaven, from whence also we expect the Saviour the Lord Jesus; as if he said: I speak of those heavens from which we expect the Lord will come, who will transform us from corruption to incorruption, and take us up where He himself has entered before us.

  The Christian Topography, Book 7