1 Corinthians 5:7 (WEB)
Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.
Catechism · 4
Sacred Scripture
“Early Christian catechesis made constant use of the Old Testament.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. I Cor 5:6-8; 10:1-11.
The Sacrament of the Eucharist
“"As often as the sacrifice of the Cross by which 'Christ our Pasch has been sacrificed' is celebrated on the altar, the work of our redemption is carried out."” — Catechism footnote: LG 3; cf. 1 Cor 5:7.
Jesus Died Crucified
“By doing so, he reveals that Jesus is at the same time the suffering Servant who silently allows himself to be led to the slaughter and who bears the sin of the multitudes, and also the Paschal Lamb, the symbol of Israel's redemption at the first Passover.” — Catechism footnote: Is 53:7, 12; cf. Jer 11:19; Ex 12:3-14; Jn 19:36; 1 Cor 5:7.
“Christ's death is both the Paschal sacrifice that accomplishes the definitive redemption of men, through "the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world",” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1:29; cf. 8:34-36; 1 Cor 5:7; 2 Pt 1:19.
Fathers and councils · 34
Tertullian
“Which prediction was thus also fulfilled, that “on the first day of unleavened bread” you slew Christ; and (that the prophecies might be fulfilled) the day hasted to make an “eventide,”—that is, to cause darkness, which was made at mid-day; and thus “your…” — editor's note: Comp. 1 Cor. v. 7.
Read the whole comment““Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
“(1 Cor. 5:7.)” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
“The Apostle explaining this says, “Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.” [1 Cor 5:7].” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“Let us consider the exact words of the Apostle: “Purge out,” says he, “the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“…protected against all attacks of spiritual wild beasts and the bite of the serpent; bids the calf to be slain, for “Christ our Passover hath been sacrificed.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
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Augustine of Hippo
“As for my temporal life, all things were uncertain, and my heart had to be purged from the old leaven.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
Read the whole comment““Christ has been sacrificed for us, as our Passover.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“Exactly thus are we to understand the passage, “Christ our passover is sacrificed.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“But “our passover, Christ,” as the apostle says, “has been sacrificed;” and if we reckon the preparation of this passover from the ninth hour of the night (for then the chief priests seem to have given their verdict for the…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“Whence “our passover has been offered, even Christ,” of whom the prophet Isaiah also had predicted, “He shall be led as a lamb to the slaughter.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“In the Passover, that He might shew Himself as the sheep doomed to be sacrificed and shew a true Passover as says the Apostle, ‘Christ, God, our Passover was sacrificed for us.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7. The addition of ὁ Θεός has no authority.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“Hear again the same [Apostle] blowing the trumpet, and proclaiming, ‘Christ our Passover is sacrificed; therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness.’” — editor's note: Ib. v. 7, 8.
Read the whole comment“…have written of His being born in the flesh of the Virgin, and have proclaimed the festival of the holy passover, saying, ‘Christ our Passover is sacrificed;’ so that we, individually and collectively, and all the churches in the world may remember, as it is written, ‘That Christ rose from the dead, of the seed of…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“For the blessed Paul, announcing the nearness of gladness like this, did not announce days, but the Lord, for whose sake we keep the feast, saying, ‘Christ, our Passover, is sacrificed;’ so that we all, contemplating the eternity of the Word, may draw near to do Him service.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“For the feast is not on account of the days; but for the Lord’s sake, who then suffered for us, we celebrate it, for ‘our Passover Christ, is sacrificed.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“…in the flesh; but of those who acknowledge the truth in Christ, as he declares who was sent to proclaim such a feast; ‘Our Passover, Christ, is sacrificed.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“For although place separate us, yet the Lord the Giver of the feast, and Who is Himself our feast, Who is also the Bestower of the Spirit, brings us together in mind, in harmony, and in the bond of peace.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. v. 7
Read the whole comment“Now this came to pass in the time of the Passion, in which our Lord died for us, for ‘our Passover, Christ, is sacrificed.’” — editor's note: Ib. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“Let us be mindful of Him Who was sacrificed in the days of the Passover; for we celebrate this, because Christ the Passover was sacrificed.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“For as He is the Shepherd, and the High Priest, and the Way and the Door, and everything at once to us, so again, He is shewn to us as the Feast, and the Holy day, according to the blessed Apostle; ‘Our Passover, Christ, is sacrificed.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“For this is the season of the feast, my brethren, and it is near; being not now proclaimed by trumpets, as the history records, but being made known and brought near to us by the Saviour, Who suffered on our behalf and rose again, even as Paul preached, saying, ‘Our Passover, Christ, is sacrificed.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7, cf. Letter i.
Read the whole comment“(And afterwards:) They, therefore, that are thus prepared shall hear, ‘Enter into the joy of thy Lord.’” — editor's note: Ib. and 1 Cor. v. 7.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“In the Passover season, so as to exhibit Himself as one destined to be sacrificed like a sheep, and to prove Himself the true Paschal-lamb, even as the apostle says, “Even Christ,” who is God, “our passover was sacrificed for us.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“For in what respect, he says, would the one tittle require any substance such as leaven (derived) from without for the Lord’s Passover, the eternal feast, which is given for generation upon generation?” — editor's note: [Exod. xii. 17. Comp. 1 Cor. v. 7, 8.]
Read the whole comment“In other respects, however, these consent to all the traditions delivered to the Church by the Apostles.” — editor's note: [He regards the Christian Paschal as authorized. 1 Cor. v. 7, 8.]
Read the whole comment“This Logos we know to have received a body from a virgin, and to have remodelled the old man by a new creation.” — editor's note: πεφυρακότα. This is the reading adopted by Cruice and Wordsworth. The translator has followed Cruice’s rendering, refinxisse, while Dr. Wordsworth construes…
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not in the old leaven, nor in the leaven of malice and wickedness, but in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7, 8.
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Leo the Great
“…uncircumcision, from the sons according to the flesh to the sons according to the spirit: since as the Apostle says, “Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us,” Who offering Himself to the Father a new and true sacrifice of reconciliation, was crucified not in the temple, whose worship was now at an end, and not…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
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Clement of Alexandria
““Expurgate ergo vetus fermentum, ut sitis novo conspersio,” nobis exclamat Apostolus.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“And the apostle writes, “Christ our passover was sacrificed for us;”—a sacrifice hard to procure, in truth, the Son of God consecrated for us.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“As David says, “This is the day which the Lord hath made; let us be glad and rejoice in it;” that is, in consequence of the knowledge imparted by Him, let us celebrate the divine festival; for the Word that throws light on things hidden, and by whom each created thing came into life and being, is called day.” — editor's note: [1 Cor. v. 7.]
Read the whole comment“He, in fulfilment of the precept, according to the Gospel, keeps the Lord’s day, when he abandons an evil disposition, and assumes that of the Gnostic, glorifying the Lord’s resurrection in himself.” — editor's note: [Rom. vi. 5. The original of Clement’s argument seems to me to imply that he is here speaking of the Paschal festival, and the true keeping of it by a moral…
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Cross-references · 35
Cited together in Catechism §613.
Cited together in Catechism §1364.
Cited together in Catechism §1364.
Cited together in Catechism §1364.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.3.
Cited together in Catechism §613 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.3.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.7.
Cited together in Catechism §613.
Cited together in Catechism §613.
Cited together in Catechism §613.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.15.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.29 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §613.
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:12–16 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:12–16 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:12–16 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:12–16 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:12–16 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.3.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.29.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.29.
Cited together in Bede on Luke 22:7–13 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 22:7–13 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 22:7–13 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 22:7–13 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 22:7–13 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 22:7–13 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 22:7–13 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §613.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 120.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 120.
Cited together in Catechism §613.
Cited together in Catechism §613.
Cited together in Catechism §613.