Ephesians 1:9

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

) "all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth,"[761]

Tertullian On Monogamy

The apostle, too, writing to the Ephesians, says that God "had proposed in Himself, at the dispensation of the fulfilment of the times, to recall to the head" (that is, to the beginning) "things universal in Christ, which are above the heavens and above the earth in Him."[27]

Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV

But I think that they were turned away from them by divine providence, that they might not know the truth, because it was not yet permitted for the religion of the true God and righteousness to become known to men of other nations.[8]