1 Corinthians 2:15

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

• §221Paragraph 1 · I Believe in GodRead at vatican.va

  “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.

Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies I.8Book I

  “Paul, too, very plainly set forth the material, animal, and spiritual, saying in one place, “As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy;” and in another place, “But the animal man receiveth not the things of the Spirit;” and again: “He that is spiritual judgeth all things.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 15.

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• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.33Book IV

  “A spiritual disciple of this sort truly receiving the Spirit of God, who was from the beginning, in all the dispensations of God, present with mankind, and announced things future, revealed things present, and narrated things past—[such a man] does indeed “judge all men, but is himself judged by no man.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 15. [The argument of this chapter hinges on Ps. xxv. 14, and expounds a difficult text of St. Paul. A man who has the mind of God’s Spirit is the…

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John Damascene

• John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11Book IV

  “For he that is spiritual judgeth all things, but the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit.” — editor's note: Ιβιδ. ιι. 14, 15

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Catena Aurea on Matthew

• Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew

  “Spiritually by the heavens are denoted holy souls, by the earth the sinful, seeing “He that is spiritual judgeth all things.” [1 Cor 2:15] But to the sinner it is said, “Earth thou art, and unto earth thou shalt return.” [Gen 3:19] And he who would abide under a law, is put under a…” — the author cites it

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X IV.19Conference IV

  “But concerning the spiritual: “But the spiritual man judgeth all things: and he himself is judged by no man.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 14, 15.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions XIII.22Book XIII

  “Thus is man renewed in the knowledge of God, after the image of Him that created him; and being made spiritual, he judgeth all things,—all things that are to be judged,—“yet he himself is judged of no man.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 15.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 50

  ““For the spiritual man judgeth all things,” but “the animal man perceiveth not those things which are of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 15.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Sermon on the Mount I.17Book I

  “…spiritually the expression heaven means holy souls, and earth sinful ones: and since the spiritual man judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man, he is suitably spoken of as the seat of God; but the sinner to whom it is said, “Earth thou art, and unto earth shall thou return,” because, in accordance with…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 15.

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Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, On Infants' Early Deaths

  “But seeing on the other hand that that Apostle declares it to be a peculiarity of him that is spiritual to “judge all things,” and commends those who have been “enriched” by the Divine grace “in all utterance and in all knowledge,” I venture to assert that it is not right to omit the…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 15.

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• Gregory of Nyssa, On the Making of Man On the.9On the Making of Man

  “…man receiveth not the things of the Spirit: for they are foolishness unto him: but he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. ii. 14, 15.

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• Gregory of Nyssa, On the Making of Man On the.21On the Making of Man

  “…perfect condition and of “exercised senses,” for which reason also he bids us “prove all things,” and says that “discernment” belongs to the spiritual man: but “knowledge” is not always to be understood of skill and acquaintance with anything, but of the disposition towards what is agreeable,—as “the Lord knoweth…” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. ii. 15.

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• Gregory of Nyssa, The Great Catechism Chapter 9

  ““The spiritual man,” he says, “judgeth all things.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 15.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit III.6Book III

  “And so that spiritual man, that he might judge all things (for he that is spiritual judgeth all things), sought in the feelings the natural disposition which was concealed in the language, and questioned tenderness that he might set forth the truth.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 15.

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Aphrahat

• Aphrahat, Select Demonstrations Demonstration 8

  “For he said:—The spiritual man judgeth everything, and he is judged by no one.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 15.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.11Book I

  ““For the spiritual man judgeth all things, but he himself is judged of no man.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. i. 9, 10; 1 Cor. ii. 5, 15.

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• 1 Corinthians 3:3

  Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.9 and 1 other place.

• 1 Corinthians 4:15

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

• 1 Corinthians 12:8

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.6.

• Colossians 3:10

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

• 1 Thessalonians 2:7

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:21

  Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.21.

• Hebrews 5:14

  Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.21.

• Hebrews 11:6

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

• Hebrews 11:21

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

• Genesis 1:26

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

• Genesis 1:27

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

• Genesis 3:19

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:33–37 (5) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

• Genesis 20:1

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.6.

• Genesis 24:37

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.

• Exodus 33:12

  Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.21.

• Leviticus 22:11

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.

• Numbers 11:25

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.6.

• Numbers 30:2

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.

• Joshua 9:15

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.

• 1 Samuel 20:42

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.

• Psalm 6:1

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.6.

• Psalm 50:21

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.6.

• Psalm 132:7

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

• Psalm 132:8

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

• Psalm 144:4

  Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.21.

• Wisdom 7:22

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.6.

• Wisdom 7:23

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.6.

• Jeremiah 4:3

  Cited together in Conferences I–X IV.19.

• Jeremiah 31:34

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

• Daniel 5:14

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.6.

• Daniel 6:3

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.6.

• Matthew 5:33

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:33–37 (5) (Catena Aurea).

• Matthew 7:23

  Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.21.

• Matthew 10:34

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.6.

• Matthew 24:30

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

• Mark 12:30

  Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.9.

• Mark 16:6

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

• John 16:7

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.6.

• Romans 12:2

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

• 1 Corinthians 1:23

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.