1 John 5:6

• §1225Article 1 · The Sacrament of BaptismRead at vatican.va

  “The blood and water that flowed from the pierced side of the crucified Jesus are types of Baptism and the Eucharist, the sacraments of new life.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 19:34; 1 Jn 5:6-8.

Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.33Book IV

  “Moreover, how could the Lord, with any justice, if He belonged to another father, have acknowledged the bread to be His body, while He took it from that creation to which we belong, and affirmed the mixed cup to be His blood?” — editor's note: “Temperamentum calicis:” on which Harvey remarks that “the mixture of water with the wine in the holy Eucharist was the universal practice of antiquity … the…

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Leo the Great

• Leo the Great, Letters Letter 28

  “And it is the Spirit that testifieth, because the Spirit is the truth, because there are three that bear witness, the Spirit, the water and the blood, and the three are one.”” — editor's note: 1 John v. 4–8. The absence of the verse on the “Heavenly witnesses” (distinctly a western insertion) is to be noticed. On Leo’s interpretation of this…

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Baptism Chapter 15

  “For He had come “by means of water and blood,” just as John has written; that He might be baptized by the water, glorified by the blood; to make us, in like manner, called by water, chosen by blood.” — editor's note: 1 John v. 6.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 18

  “He is called upright, as “the Lord is upright,” in that He is Himself truth, and is Himself Righteousness, having no divergence nor leaning to one side or to the other, on account of the immutability of His substance.” — editor's note: John xiv. 17; xv. 26; xvi. 13; 1 John v. 6.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit III.10Book III

  “And the Spirit beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth; for there are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three are one.”” — editor's note: 1 John v. 6, 7, 8.

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Clement of Alexandria

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

  “Chap. v. 6.” — the author cites it

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• Revelation 17:14

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 15.

• Exodus 32:32

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.

• Isaiah 43:25

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.

• Matthew 20:16

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 15.

• Mark 10:38

  Cited together in Catechism §1225.

• Luke 12:50

  Cited together in Catechism §1225 and 1 other place.

• John 3:5

  Cited together in Catechism §1225 and 1 other place.

• John 3:6

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.

• John 3:7

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.

• John 3:8

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.

• John 3:12

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.

• John 5:6

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.

• John 19:34

  Cited together in Catechism §1225 and 1 other place.

• Acts 11:16

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.

• Ephesians 4:23

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.

• Titus 3:5

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.