"nothing is so low that God would not be lower"

University of St. Andrews

"So the very majesty of God consists in the fact that nothing is so great that God would not be greater, and nothing is so small that God would not be smaller.  Nothing is so long that God would not be longer, but nothing is so short that God would not be shorter.  Nothing is so high that God would not be higher, and, important for kenosis, nothing is so low that God would not be lower.
     "In view of this understanding of the divine plerosis, of the plenitude of the divine majesty, do we [even] need a kenotic theology?  No.  Only as the modulation of the divine plerosis, which expresses the all-encompassing fulness of God’s Trinitarian self-giving."

     Christoph Schöbel, "Kenosis and divine self-giving in Thomas Aquinas and Martin Luther" 49:10, The Trinity and the Kenosis of Christ, Angelicum, Rome, 21-22 February 2020.  Schwöbel appears to be channeling Martin Luther, Confession concerning Christ's supper (1528), trans. Robert H. Fischer, Luther's works 37, 228 (161-372) =WA 26, 261-509:  "Nothing is so small but God is still smaller, nothing so large but God is still larger, nothing is so short but God is still shorter, nothing so long but God is still longer, nothing is so broad but God is still broader, nothing so narrow but God is still narrower, and so on."