1 Corinthians 2:13

The Church, Mother and Teacher

• §2038Article 3 · The Church, Mother and TeacherRead at vatican.va

  “Faith and the practice of the Gospel provide each person with an experience of life "in Christ," who enlightens him and makes him able to evaluate the divine and human realities according to the Spirit of God.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Cor 2:10-15.

I Believe in God

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  “By sending his only Son and the Spirit of Love in the fullness of time, God has revealed his innermost secret:” — Catechism footnote: Cf. I Cor 2:7-16; Eph 3:9-12.

Cyril of Jerusalem

• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 18

  “…who says, Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 13.

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Origen

• Origen, De Principiis IV.1Book IV

  “Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Spirit teach­eth?”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. ii. 16 and 12, 13.

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• Origen, De Principiis IV.2Book IV

  “Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 12, 13, and 16 ad fin.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 52

  “But if we compare all these things as spiritual with things which are spiritual; and if we allow with Paul that “the Law is spiritual” and call to mind David’s words: “open thou mine eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law;”…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 13.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit II.11Book II

  “And he adds: “But we received, not the spirit of this world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we might know the things that are given to us by God, which we also speak, not in persuasive words of man’s wisdom, but in manifestation of the Spirit and in the power of God.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 12, 13.

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• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit III.3Book III

  “…by the Spirit, and that he compares spiritual things with spiritual; but that the natural man receiveth not the things which pertain to the Spirit of God.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 13, 14.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 2

  “…to most men remain hidden, secret, and dark, to gaze upon the riches therein? and become able to enrich others, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 13.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XIV.4Book XIV

  “But the animal man perceiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 11–14.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 97

  “…these also, “Comparing spiritual things with spiritual: but the natural man perceiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 6, 13, 14.

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Hippolytus of Rome

• Hippolytus of Rome, The Refutation of All Heresies V.3Book V

  “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 13, 14.

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• Hippolytus of Rome, The Refutation of All Heresies VII.14Book VII

  “This is the wisdom spoken in a mystery, concerning which, says (Basilides), Scripture uses the following expressions: “Not in words taught of human wisdom, but in (those) taught of the Spirit.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 13.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.17Book I

  “And the apostle says, “Which things we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 13.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.4Book V

  ““For we compare spiritual things with spiritual.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 13.

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• 1 Corinthians 3:1

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.4.

• 1 Corinthians 3:3

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.4.

• 2 Corinthians 3:3

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.3.

• Ephesians 3:3

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VII.14.

• Ephesians 3:4

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VII.14.

• Ephesians 3:5

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VII.14.

• Ephesians 3:11

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.17.

• 2 Timothy 3:2

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.17.

• Genesis 46:27

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.4.

• Exodus 15:6

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.3.

• Psalm 51:3

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VII.14.

• Proverbs 1:7

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VII.14.

• Proverbs 9:3

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.17.

• Jeremiah 17:1

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.3.

• Matthew 12:28

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.3.

• Luke 11:20

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.3.

• John 7:16

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.17.

• John 7:18

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.17.

• John 14:6

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.4.

• Romans 1:20

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.3.

• Romans 3:7

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.4.

• Romans 3:20

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.4.