It is a citation of Psalm 8:5 and a frequent locus of Christological controversy throughout the history of Christianity and theology.
"[1] The original Hebrew text is usually construed as "you made him [man] lower than God", while the Septuagint has the meaning "you made him [man] lower than the angels".
[2] The passage occupies a central place in Tertullian's Adversus Praxean.
[3] The passage was the occasion of the break in friendship between Erasmus and Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples.
Erasmus took the controversy to the extent of publishing seventy-two reasons why his interpretation was to be preferred.