1 Corinthians 6:17

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  “The Apostle speaks of the whole Church and of each of the faithful, members of his Body, as a bride "betrothed" to Christ the Lord so as to become but one spirit with him.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 22:1-14; 25:1-13; 1 Cor 6:15-17; 2 Cor 11:2.

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus II.9Book II

  “Now if, according to Paul’s teaching, “he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit,” every one who understands what being joined to the Lord is, and who has been actually joined to Him, is one spirit with the Lord; how should not that being be…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 17.

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• Origen, Against Celsus VI.47Book VI

  “It is said of husband and wife, “They are no longer twain, but one flesh;” and of the perfect man, and of him who is joined to the true Lord, Word, and Wisdom, and Truth, that “he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. vi. 17.

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• Origen, De Principiis II.6Book II

  “…a pre-eminent degree one spirit, according to the promise of the apostle to those who ought to imitate it, that “he who is joined in the Lord is one spirit.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 17.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 1

  “What happiness to be the bondservant, not of a wife but of Christ, to serve not the flesh, but the spirit!“For he who is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 17.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 55

  “Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body,” and so on.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 13–18.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 122

  “For, as the apostle says, “he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit” with him.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 17.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 123

  “But now it is said of those who live in continence: “he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit;” and “my soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 17.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.6Conference VII

  “…to Thee;” and: “I have stuck unto Thy testimonies, O Lord;” and: “It is good for me to stick fast to God;” and: “He who cleaveth to the Lord, is one spirit.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlii. (lxiii.) 9; cxviii. (cxix.) 31; lxxi. (lxxiii.) 28; 1 Cor. vi. 17.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith I.3Book I

  “Moreover, if in all them that believed there was, as it is written, one soul and one heart: if every one that cleaveth to the Lord is one spirit, as the Apostle hath said: if a man and his wife are one flesh: if all we mortal men are, so far as regards our general nature, of one substance: if this is…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 17.

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• Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith III.11Book III

  “Of His neighbours, mark you—not of them of His household, not of them who clave to Him, for “he who cleaveth to the Lord is one Spirit;” he who is neighbour doth not cleave to Him.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 17.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.9Festal Letters

  “For such men, being confirmed in the Lord, and possessing an unshaken disposition towards Him, and being one in spirit (for ‘he who is joined to the Spirit is one spirit’), are sure ‘as the mount Sion;’ and although ten thousand trials may rage against them, they are founded upon a rock, which is Christ.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 17.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Harmony of the Gospels II.5Book II

  “…us in a right relation to His own and His Father’s righteousness (so that the apostle’s word is made good: “But he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit”), in the number used by Luke we find included both Christ Himself, with whom the enumeration begins, and God, with whom it closes; and the sum becomes thus…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity VI.3Book VI

  “Thence the apostle says, “He who is joined to a harlot, is one body;” he does not say, they are one or he is one; but he has added “body,” as though it were one body composed by being joined together of two different bodies, masculine and feminine.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 16, 17

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity VI.8Book VI

  ““He,” then, “that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit:” but yet the Lord does not therefore become greater, although he who is joined to the Lord does so.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 17

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity XIV.14Book XIV

  “When, finally, it shall altogether cleave to Him, then it will be one spirit, as the apostle testifies, saying, “But he who cleaves to the Lord is one spirit.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 17

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 14

  “For if the spirit of man, when it cleaves to God, is one spirit, as the apostle openly declares, “He that is joined to the Lord is one spirit;” how much more is the equal Son, joined to the Father, together with Him one God!” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 17.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 16

  “Flee fornication.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 15–17.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63Book III

  “But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 15–17.

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• 1 Corinthians 7:39

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.

• 1 Corinthians 7:40

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.

• 2 Corinthians 6:14

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.

• Genesis 2:24

  Cited together in Against Celsus VI.47.

• 1 Kings 11:4

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.

• Tobit 4:12

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.

• Job 5:7

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.6.

• Psalm 11:5

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.

• Psalm 31:20

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.

• Psalm 34:5

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.

• Psalm 38:10

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.

• Psalm 59:9

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.

• Psalm 63:9

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.6.

• Psalm 119:31

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.6.

• Psalm 148:5

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.9.

• Proverbs 14:23

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.6.

• Proverbs 16:26

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.6.

• Matthew 12:24

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.9.

• Matthew 18:20

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.9.

• Matthew 26:38

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.9.

• Matthew 28:20

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.9.

• John 1:26

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.9.

• 1 Corinthians 3:8

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity VI.3.