1 Corinthians 3:17

• §797Paragraph 2 · The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy SpiritRead at vatican.va

  “The Holy Spirit makes the Church "the temple of the living God":” — Catechism footnote: 2 Cor 6:16; cf. 1 Cor 3:16-17; Eph 2:21.

Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies Fragments from.40Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus

  “For thus, according to the holy apostle, the sin of fornication is perpetrated against the body, as involving also sin against the temple of God.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 16, 17.

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

  ““For every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down, and cast into the fire;” and “whosoever shall defile the temple of God, him shall God defile.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies V.6Book V

  “Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Against the Pelagians Book 3

  “And again,“Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 16, 17.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 14

  “On one side self-indulgence presses me hard; on another covetousness strives to make an inroad; my belly wishes to be a God to me, in place of Christ, and lust would fain drive away the Holy Spirit that dwells in me and defile His temple.” — editor's note: 1 Cor iii. 17.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 69

  “For him it is written “Marriage is honourable and the bed undefiled,” while to you the words are read, “but whoremongers and adulterers God wilt judge,” and “if any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17, R.V.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 107

  “So terribly does Christ punish those who violate His temple, and so jealously does He defend His precious jewels.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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John Damascene

• John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.15Book IV

  “Further, that God dwelt even in their bodies in spiritual wise, the Apostle tells us, saying, Know ye not that your bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit dwelling in you?, and The Lord is that Spirit, and If any one destroy the temple of God, him will God destroy.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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Catena Aurea on John

• Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John

  “(1 Cor. 3:17) This house of God then is now being built, now being prepared. (c. 3.).” — the author cites it

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Gregory the Great

• Gregory the Great, Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.57Book IX

  “Cleanness also of body is to be guarded in our strivings after well-doing, since, according to the voice of the apostolic preacher, The temple of God is holy, which temple ye are (1 Cor. iii. 17).” — the author cites it

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 5

  “For what else is the house of God than the Temple of God, of which it is said, “for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are”?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 9

  “And to this Church it was said, “For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are:” again, “that Christ may dwell in the inner man in your hearts by faith.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 11

  ““The Lord is in His holy temple” (ver. 4), yea in such wise as the Apostle saith, “For the temple of God is holy, which” temple “ye are.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 68

  ““For the Temple of God is holy,” he saith, “which ye are.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 83

  “But what must be understood by “the sanctuary of God,” except the temple of God? as saith the Apostle: “For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 112

  “These prophets were not as yet in existence, when these verses were sung.…But both, the one within a year after the other, began to prophesy that which seemeth to pertain to the restoration of the temple, as was foretold so long before.…“For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 122

  “Thou livest, if thou believest: but if thou believest, thou art made a temple of God; for the Apostle Paul saith, “The temple of God is holy, which temple are ye.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 138

  “What is the place where God is to be worshipped?…“The Temple of God is holy,” saith the Apostle, “which Temple ye are.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On Lying Chapter 38

  “For the temple of God is holy: which temple are ye.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 16, 17

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Creed Chapter 14

  ““For the temple of God is holy,” says the Apostle, “which (temple) are ye.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Sermon on the Mount I.10Book I

  “…are about to present any such offering in our heart, i.e. in the inner temple of God (“For,” as it is said, “the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are;” and, “That Christ may dwell in the inner man by faith in your hearts”) if it occur to our mind that a brother hath ought against us, i.e. if we have injured…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Sermon on the Mount II.5Book II

  “For it is said to the righteous, “For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 3

  ““For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 32

  “If any man defile the temple of God, him will God destroy.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 16, 17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVII.8Book XVII

  “For to this house, that is, to believers, the apostle saith, “The temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 15

  ““For the temple of God is holy, which temple are ye.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 68

  “And what that is, ask the apostle, and he will reply, “For the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, Letters Letter 46

  “Yet through fear of evil I helped you not to fall by the words “if any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 16

  “…law pertaining to the temple-keepers: “If any shall have marred the temple of God, him shall God mar; for the temple of God is holy, which (temple) are ye.”” — editor's note: Ver. 17, not quite correctly.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.5Book V

  “But “if any man defile the temple of God, he shall be himself destroyed”—of course, by the God of the temple.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 17.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 19

  “Perhaps in it they will be baptized with Fire, in that last Baptism which is more painful and longer, which devours wood like grass, and consumes the stubble of every evil.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 12–19.

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Aphrahat

• Aphrahat, Select Demonstrations Demonstration 3

  “Whosoever is called the temple of God, let him purify his body from all uncleanness.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 16, 17.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.28Book III

  “If any one violate the temple of God, him will God destroy.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 16, 17.

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• 1 Corinthians 6:13

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.6.

• 1 Corinthians 6:14

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.6.

• 2 Corinthians 6:16

  Cited together in Catechism §797.

• Ephesians 2:21

  Cited together in Catechism §797.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:23

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.6.

• James 1:20

  Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.57.

• Genesis 4:4

  Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.57.

• 2 Samuel 7:8

  Cited together in The City of God XVII.8.

• 2 Samuel 7:9

  Cited together in The City of God XVII.8.

• 2 Samuel 7:10

  Cited together in The City of God XVII.8.

• 2 Samuel 7:11

  Cited together in The City of God XVII.8.

• 2 Samuel 7:12

  Cited together in The City of God XVII.8.

• 2 Samuel 7:13

  Cited together in The City of God XVII.8.

• 2 Samuel 7:15

  Cited together in The City of God XVII.8.

• 2 Samuel 7:16

  Cited together in The City of God XVII.8.

• 1 Chronicles 11:19

  Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.57.

• 2 Chronicles 15:2

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.28.

• Psalm 72:8

  Cited together in The City of God XVII.8.

• Proverbs 15:8

  Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.57.

• John 2:19

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.6.

• John 2:20

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.6.

• John 2:21

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.6.

• John 14:1

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 14:1–4 (6) (Catena Aurea).

• John 14:3

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 14:1–4 (6) (Catena Aurea).

• John 14:4

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 14:1–4 (6) (Catena Aurea).

• 1 Corinthians 2:6

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.6.