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Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, Valentin de Boulogne

1 Corinthians 2:16

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1 Corinthians 2:16 (WEB)

“For who has known the mind of the Lord that he should instruct him?” But we have Christ’s mind.

Catechism · 2

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.

The Fall

  • §389Paragraph 7 · The FallRead at vatican.va

    “The doctrine of original sin is, so to speak, the "reverse side" of the Good News that Jesus is the Saviour of all men, that all need salvation and that salvation is offered to all through Christ. the Church, which has the mind of Christ,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. I Cor 2:16.

Fathers and councils · 8

Origen

John Chrysostom

Gregory of Nazianzus

  • Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters Letter 102Letters on the Apollinarian Controversy

    “Thus, then, they interpret wrongly the words, But we have the Mind of Christ, and very absurdly, when they say that His Godhead is the mind of Christ, and not understanding the passage as we do, namely, that they who have purified their…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 16.

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  • “…pure words of God which have been tried in a furnace; who has not, by a triple inscription of them upon the breadth of his heart, attained the mind of Christ; nor been admitted to the treasures which to most men remain hidden, secret, and dark, to gaze upon the riches therein? and become able to enrich others,…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 16.

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Ambrose of Milan

Gregory of Nyssa

  • “The Godhead is mind and word: for “in the beginning was the Word” and the followers of Paul “have the mind of Christ” which “speaks” in them: humanity too is not far removed from these: you see in yourself word and understanding, an imitation of the very Mind and Word.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. ii. 16; and 2 Cor. xiii. 3

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Augustine of Hippo

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  • Romans 11:34 and 1 Corinthians 2:16 share the same wording (9 words).

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