1 Corinthians 7:40

• §693Article 8 · "I Believe in the Holy Spirit"Read at vatican.va

  “Besides the proper name of "Holy Spirit," which is most frequently used in the Acts of the Apostles and in the Epistles, we also find in St. Paul the titles: the Spirit of the promise, The Spirit of adoption, The Spirit of Christ, The Spirit of the Lord, and the Spirit of God” — Catechism footnote: Rom 8:9, Rom 8:9 4; 15:19; 1 Cor 6:11; 7:40.

Jerome

• Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 1

  “Now again he compares monogamy with digamy, and as he had subordinated marriage to virginity, so he makes second marriages inferior to first, and says, “A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39, 40.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 123

  “But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the spirit of God.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39, 40, cf. Rom. vii. 2.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 48

  “Moreover, lest any should consider that authority, being human, to be of small weight, he goes on to say, ‘and I think also that I have the spirit of God.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 40.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Concerning Widows Chapter 1

  “But she will be happier if she so abide, after my judgment, for I think I also have the Spirit of God.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39, 40.

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• Ambrose of Milan, Letters Letter 15

  “But she will be more happy if she abide as she is, after my counsel, for I think that I also have the Spirit of the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 37–40.

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• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit III.9Book III

  “For having said: “Do ye seek a proof of Christ Who speaketh in me?” he says elsewhere: “For I think that I also have the Spirit of God.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 40.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 76

  “Though he saith that young widows may marry if they will: nevertheless he saith in a certain passage, “but more blessed she will be, if so she shall have remained, after my judgment.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 40.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Of Holy Virginity Chapter 18

  “…gives not in marriage, does better; and, if thou shalt have taken a wife, thou hast not sinned; and, if a virgin shall have been married, she sinneth not;” and a little after, “But she wilt be more blessed, if she shall have continued so, according to my judgment.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 38, 28, 40

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Good of Widowhood Chapter 5

  “…is set free: let her be married to whom she will, only in the Lord: but she shall be more blessed, if she shall have so continued, according to my counsel;” he shows sufficiently that a faithful woman is blessed in the Lord, even when she marries a second time after the death of her husband, but that a widow is…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39, 40

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Good of Widowhood Chapter 7

  “And this more blessed than that other that is blessed, where he saith, “But she shall be more blessed, if she shall have so continued.”” — editor's note: ver. 40

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Good of Widowhood Chapter 15

  “For he saith, “A woman is bound, so long as her husband liveth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39, 40

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 37

  “When he says, “I think,” he seems to doubt; but he is rebuking, not doubting.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 40.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters Letter 101Letters on the Apollinarian Controversy

  “For we also think we have the spirit of God, if indeed this is a gift of the Spirit, and not a human novelty.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 40.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 16

  “Thus, too, he discriminatingly judges her to be more blessed, who, after losing her husband subsequently to her entrance into the faith, lovingly embraces the opportunity of widowhood.” — editor's note: Vers. 39, 40.

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• Tertullian, On Monogamy Chapter 3

  “…to “eunuchs,” as being Himself, withal, a virgin; to whom looking, the apostle also—himself too for this reason abstinent—gives the preference to continence. (“Yes”), you say, “but saving the law of marriage.”” — editor's note: See 1 Cor. vii. 1, 7, 37, 40; and comp. de Ex. Cast., c. iv.

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• Tertullian, On Patience Chapter 13

  “Further, if we set down in order the higher and happier grades of bodily patience, (we find that) it is she who is entrusted by holiness with the care of continence of the flesh: she keeps the widow, and sets on the virgin the seal and raises the self-made eunuch to the realms of heaven.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. v. 3, 9, 10; 1 Cor. vii. 39, 40.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 25

  “For to a Paul it is becoming to say “I think also that I have the Spirit of God,” and again, “that good thing which was committed to thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 40.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies Book 3

  “Beata est autem si sic permanserit, mea quidem sententia.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39, 40.

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Cyprian of Carthage

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

  “But she will be happier if she abide thus.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39, 40.

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• 2 Corinthians 3:17

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• 2 Corinthians 13:3

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.

• Galatians 3:14

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• Galatians 4:6

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• Ephesians 1:13

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• 1 Peter 1:15

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.

• 1 Peter 4:14

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• 1 John 2:6

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.

• 1 John 3:3

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.

• Genesis 1:29

  Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.

• Genesis 1:30

  Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.

• 1 Kings 11:4

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

• 1 Kings 17:9

  Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.

• Tobit 4:12

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

• Matthew 6:26

  Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.

• Luke 1:26

  Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.

• Luke 1:27

  Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.

• Luke 18:8

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 37.

• John 18:6

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 37.

• Acts 5:3

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.

• Acts 5:4

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.

• Acts 5:5

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.

• Acts 5:9

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.

• Romans 8:9

  Cited together in Catechism §693 and 1 other place.

• Romans 8:10

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.

• Romans 8:15

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• Romans 15:19

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• 1 Corinthians 6:11

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• 1 Corinthians 6:15

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

• 1 Corinthians 6:17

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