1 John 5:7

• §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.

Augustine of Hippo

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

  “1 Joann. v. 7, 8.” — the author cites it

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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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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit I.13Book I

  “Christ is the Truth, the Spirit is the Truth, for you find in John’s epistle: “For the Spirit is Truth.”” — editor's note: 1 John v. 7.

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• 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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• Ambrose of Milan, On the Mysteries Chapter 4

  “Therefore read that the three witnesses in baptism, the water, the blood, and the Spirit, are one, for if you take away one of these, the Sacrament of Baptism does not exist.” — editor's note: 1 John v. 7.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, On the Unity of the Church

  “The Lord says, “I and the Father are one;” and again it is written of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, “And these three are one.”” — editor's note: 1 John v. 7.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 32

  “What about John then, when in his Catholic Epistle he says that there are Three that bear witness, the Spirit and the Water and the Blood?” — editor's note: This is the famous passage of the Witnesses in 1 John v. 8. In some few later codices of the Vulgate are found the words which form verse 7 of our A.V. But…

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• Exodus 33:19

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.13.

• 2 Kings 5:14

  Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 4.

• Jeremiah 15:18

  Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 4.

• Matthew 28:19

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.13 and 1 other place.

• Matthew 28:20

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.13.

• Mark 10:38

  Cited together in Catechism §1225.

• Luke 12:50

  Cited together in Catechism §1225.

• John 3:5

  Cited together in Catechism §1225 and 2 other places.

• John 3:6

  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 5:37

  Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 4.

• John 5:43

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.13.

• John 8:18

  Cited together in Homilies on the First Epistle of John Homily 1.

• John 14:16

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.13.

• John 14:26

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.13.

• John 19:34

  Cited together in Catechism §1225 and 1 other place.

• Acts 4:12

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.13.

• Acts 11:16

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.

• Titus 3:5

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.

• 1 John 2:1

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.13.