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1 Corinthians 15:41

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1 Corinthians 15:41 (WEB)

There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.

Catechism · 1

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    “At Jesus' Resurrection his body is filled with the power of the Holy Spirit: he shares the divine life in his glorious state, so that St. Paul can say that Christ is "the man of heaven".” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Cor 15:35-50.

Fathers and councils · 30

Origen

Gregory of Nyssa

  • “For as “there is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon,” because of the difference between the natures of those luminaries (since if both had the same glory there would not be deemed to be any difference in their…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 41.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

  • “For if “one star differs from another star in glory,” but not in qualities, nor substance, nor in the fact of being passible or impassible; so all these, since they are alike derived from the light of the Father,…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 41.

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Jerome

  • “The fourth proposition of Jovinianus, that all who are saved will have equal reward, is refuted (19) by the various yields of thirty, sixty, and a hundred fold in the parable of the sower, by (20) the “stars differing in glory” of 1 Cor. xv. 41.” — the author cites it

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  • “For “in my Father’s house are many mansions,” and “one star differeth from another star in glory.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 41.

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John Damascene

John Cassian

John Chrysostom

  • “For if in one substance there be a difference of glory (“for there is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory;”although the substance be one), how may the substance of those differ, whereof the glory is one?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 41.

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Ambrose of Milan

Augustine of Hippo

Basil the Great

Tertullian

Gregory of Nazianzus

Aphrahat

Clement of Alexandria

Cyprian of Carthage

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:41 takes up the words of Jeremiah 31:35 (8 words in common).

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