1 John 1:5

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  “He is the Truth, for "God is light and in him there is no darkness"; "God is love", as the apostle John teaches.” — Catechism footnote: I Jn 1:5; 4:8

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus II.70Book II

  “…take occasion from such to aid our theological conceptions, hearing it declared in one passage, that “God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all;” and in another, “God is a Spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 5.

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• Origen, Against Celsus V.11Book V

  “But even this rational light itself ought not to be worshipped by him who beholds and understands the true light, by sharing in which these also are enlightened; nor by him who beholds God, the Father of the true light,—of whom it has been said, “God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 John i. 5.

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• Origen, De Principiis I.1Book I

  “Now, I should like to ask these persons what they have to say respecting that passage where it is declared that God is light; as John writes in his Epistle, “God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 5.

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• Origen, De Principiis IV.3Book IV

  “Nay, John also indicates that “God is Light,” and Paul also declares that the Son is the splendour of everlasting light.” — editor's note: 1 John i. 5.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Against the Pelagians Book 2

  “In 1 John i. 5, John i. 7, 8, Matt. v. 14, Christ and the Apostles are called the Light of the world.” — the author cites it

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John Damascene

• John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12Book IV

  “Since, therefore, God is spiritual light, and Christ is called in the Scriptures Sun of Righteousness and Dayspring, the East is the direction that must be assigned to His worship.” — editor's note: 1 St. John i. 5.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions VII.10Book VII

  “And I entered, and with the eye of my soul (such as it was) saw above the same eye of my soul, above my mind, the Unchangeable Light.” — editor's note: Not the “corporeal brightness” which as a Manichee he had believed in, and to which reference has been made in iii. secs. 10, 12, iv. sec. 3, and sec. 2,…

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• Augustine of Hippo, Homilies on the First Epistle of John Homily 1

  ““And this is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 5.

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

  “…that cometh into the world:” and this light, “the Word,” was “with God;” but “the Word also was God;” and “God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all:” but a light that is not corporeal, but spiritual; yet not in such way spiritual, that it was wrought by illumination, as it was said to the apostles, “Ye are…” — editor's note: 1 John i. 5

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity VIII.2Book VIII

  “For it is written that “God is light;” not in such way as these eyes see, but in such way as the heart sees, when it is said, He is truth [reality].” — editor's note: 1 John i. 5

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

  “Further, he who abideth not in God, abideth not in light; for “God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 5

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Ambrose of Milan

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

  “And how is it that the Son dwelleth not in light unapproachable, if He is in the bosom of the Father, if the Father is Light, and the Son also is Light, because God is Light?” — editor's note: 1 John i. 5.

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• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit I.14Book I

  “For God is Light, as John said: “For God is Light, and in Him is no darkness.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 5.

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on John Homily 4

  “Thus in another place he says, that “God is Light” ( 1 John i. 5 ), and elsewhere (it is said), that He “dwelleth in light unapproachable” ( 1 Tim. vi. 16 ); yet these expressions are used not that we may suppose a compounded nature, but that by little and little we may be led up to the highest doctrines.” — the author cites it

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 7

  “Nay, but this whole world is the one house of all; in which world it is more the heathen, who is found in darkness, whom the grace of God enlightens, than the Christian, who is already in God’s light.” — editor's note: Comp. 1 John i. 5–7; ii. 8; also Rom. xiii. 12, 13; 1 Thess. v. 4, 5.

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• Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 19

  “He had predicated “God” to be “Light,” and that “darkness is not in Him,” and that “we lie if we say that we have communion with Him, and walk in darkness.”” — editor's note: Vers. 5, 6.

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• Tertullian, On Repentance Chapter 6

  “Draw whatever (veil of) darkness you please over your deeds, “God is light.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 5.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 21

  “Again, in praising virtue, I shall be praising God, who gives virtue to men and lifts them up, or lifts them up again, to Himself by the enlightenment which is akin to Himself.” — editor's note: 1 John i. 5.

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• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 20

  “V. God is Light: the highest, the unapproachable, the ineffable, That can neither be conceived in the mind nor uttered with the lips, That giveth life to every reasoning creature.” — editor's note: 1 John i. 5.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies Chapter 2

  “Ver.” — the author cites it

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• 1 John 2:10

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity VIII.8.

• 1 John 4:7

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity VIII.8.

• 1 John 4:8

  Cited together in Catechism §214 and 1 other place.

• 1 John 4:20

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity VIII.8.

• Revelation 5:11

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity VIII.2.

• Genesis 2:8

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12.

• Exodus 3:14

  Cited together in Confessions VII.10.

• Exodus 34:6

  Cited together in Catechism §214.

• Leviticus 16:2

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12.

• Leviticus 16:14

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12.

• Numbers 2:3

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12.

• Deuteronomy 32:2

  Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 6.

• Psalm 68:32

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12.

• Psalm 68:33

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12.

• Psalm 85:11

  Cited together in Catechism §214.

• Psalm 107:20

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.11.

• Psalm 138:2

  Cited together in Catechism §214.

• Malachi 4:2

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12.

• Matthew 24:27

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12.

• Mark 10:18

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.11.

• Luke 8:17

  Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 6.

• John 13:10

  Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 6.

• Romans 1:20

  Cited together in Confessions VII.10.

• Romans 6:8

  Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 6.

• Hebrews 8:11

  Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 6.