Hi Dennis. Indeed, we do label ancient physics as philosophical, for the obvious reason that the ancients lacked the means to see more deeply into the world (no microscopes or telescopes). But they included "theology" right after "physics" that thought there were engaged in explaining the universe. For example, one of the troubling problems for ancient physics was what held the stars together, for there was no clear reason they should not just wander apart. SO among Greek philosophers that role was filled by Eros, Aphrodite, or Zeus, who controlled the stars, all of whom were intelligent beings. When in Col 1:17 the author says that "in him {Christ] everything holds together," that meant Christ fills that cosmic role. But it is not just a single instance, for Col/Eph adopt ancient physics to such an extent that one scholar (George van Kooten) characterizes them as christological cosmologies (rather than cosmic christologies). cont.