The Great Light

In the Holy Scriptures there are many names and titles which are applied to our Lord and Savior, Jesus.  He is said to be the Word; he is called Wisdom, Light and Power; right hand, arm and angel; man and lamb, sheep and priest.  He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life; a vine, Justice and Redemption; bread, a stone and doctor; a fount of living water; peace and judge and door.  Yet, for all these names - which are to help us grasp the nature and range of his power - there is but one and the same Son of God who is our God.

These, then, are his names; but what are the meaning of these names?  He is called the Word, first, to imply that he was begotten of the Father with no more passivity or substantial diminution in the Father than there is in a person who utters a spoken word; second, for the obvious reason that God the Father has always spoken through him both to men and angels.  The name Wisdom tells us that in the beginning all things, through him, were ordered wisely.  He is the Light, because it was he who brought light into the primordial darkness of the world and who, by his coming among men, dissipated the darkness of their minds.  Power is one of his names, since no created thing can ever overcome him.  He is a right hand and arm, for through him all things were made and by him they are all sustained.  He is called an angel of great counsel, because he is the announcer of his Father's will.  He is said to be the Son of man, because on account of us men he deigned to be born a man.  He is called a lamb, because of his perfect innocence; a sheep, to symbolize his passion. 

-Niceta of Remesiana

Niceta of Remesiana (414) was a bishop, a theological author, and a hymn-writer to whom the composition of the Te Deum is attributed.