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1 Corinthians 10:11

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1 Corinthians 10:11 (WEB)

Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

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Sacred Scripture

  • §117Article 3 · Sacred ScriptureRead at vatican.va

    “As St. Paul says, they were written "for our instruction".” — Catechism footnote: I Cor 10:11; cf. Heb 3:1 - 4:11.

  • §128Article 3 · Sacred ScriptureRead at vatican.va

    “The Church, as early as apostolic times,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. I Cor 10:6, 11; Heb 10:1; l Pt 3:21.

  • §129Article 3 · Sacred ScriptureRead at vatican.va

    “Early Christian catechesis made constant use of the Old Testament.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. I Cor 5:6-8; 10:1-11.

The Third Commandment

  • §2175Article 3 · The Third CommandmentRead at vatican.va

    “For worship under the Law prepared for the mystery of Christ, and what was done there prefigured some aspects of Christ:” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Cor 10:11.

"From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"

  • §670Article 7 · "From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"Read at vatican.va

    “"Already the final age of the world is with us, and the renewal of the world is irrevocably under way; it is even now anticipated in a certain real way, for the Church on earth is endowed already with a sanctity that is real but imperfect."” — Catechism footnote: LG 48 # 3; cf. I Cor 10:11.

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Origen

  • “…and camels,” and did not see that “all these things happened unto them for ensamples, and were written for our sake, upon whom the ends of the world are come.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. x. 11.

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  • “…from Exodus or Numbers, he says: “These things happened to them in a figure, and they are written on our account, on whom the ends of the ages have come.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 11.

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  • “And the same apostle says somewhere, after refer­ring to certain events mentioned as occur­ring in Exodus and Numbers, “that these things happened to them figuratively, but that they were written on our account, on whom the ends of the world are come.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 11.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

  • “For during forty days He was learning to keep [in his memory] the words of God, and the celestial patterns, and the spiritual images, and the types of things to come; as also Paul says: “For they drank of the rock which followed them: and the rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 11.

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Jerome

  • “He served the Law and his own times; let us now serve the Gospel and our times,upon whom the ends of the ages have come.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 11.

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  • “They were figures typifying things still future and were “written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 11.

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  • “…after the deluge the maxim held good: “be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth:” what has that to do with us upon whom the ends of the ages are come, unto whom it is said, “the time is short,” and “now the axe is laid unto the root of the trees;” that is to say, the forests of marriage and of the law must be…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 11, R.V.

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Tertullian

  • “For as it was on our account and for our learning that these events are described in the Scriptures, so for our sakes also were they done—(even ours, I say), “upon whom the ends of the world are come.”” — editor's note: Comp. 1 Cor. x. 11.

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  • “…figure has been revealed to worthier men no matter, provided we remember the apostle affirms that all things happened at that time to the People figuratively.” — editor's note: See 1 Cor. x. 6, 11.

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  • “We are they “upon whom the ends of the ages have met, having ended their course.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 11, εἰς οὕς τὰ τέλη τῶν αἰωνων κατήντησεν.

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  • “But the fact is, the apostle’s conclusion corresponds to the beginning: “Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples; and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 11.

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  • “Therefore, by means of the wide licence of those days, materials for subsequent emendations were furnished beforehand, of which materials the Lord by His Gospel, and then the apostle in the last days of the (Jewish) age, either cut off the redundancies or regulated the disorders.” — editor's note: Sæculi. The meaning here seems clearly to be, as in the text, “the Jewish age” or dispensation; as in the passages referred to—1 Cor. x. 11, where it is τὰ…

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  • “And yet that “blindness” then was felt long before “the ends of the world.”” — editor's note: Sæculi. Comp. 1 Cor. x. 11; but the Greek there is, τὰ τέλη τῶν αιώνων. By the “blindness,” Tertullian may refer to Gen. xix. 11.

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