1 Timothy 1:4 (WEB)
and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith.
Catechism · 1
“"Pure in heart" refers to those who have attuned their intellects and wills to the demands of God's holiness, chiefly in three areas: charity; chastity or sexual rectitude; love of truth and orthodoxy of faith.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Titus 1:15; 1 Tim 1:3-4; 2 Tim 2:23-26.
Fathers and councils · 10
Tertullian
“But in the few words there always arises certainty to him; nor is he permitted to give his inquiries a wider range than is compatible with their solution; for “endless questions” the apostle forbids.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 4.
Read the whole comment“…of a dispersed and mutilated Deity, will that man hesitate at once to pronounce that these are “the fables and endless genealogies” which the inspired apostle by anticipation condemned, whilst these seeds of heresy were even then shooting forth?” — editor's note: Apostoli spiritus: see 1 Tim. i. 4.
Read the whole comment“Whence spring those “fables and endless genealogies,” and “unprofitable questions,” and “words which spread like a cancer?”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 4.
Read the whole comment“When again he mentions “endless genealogies,” one also recognises Valentinus, in whose system a certain Æon, whosoever he be, of a new name, and that not one only, generates of his own grace Sense and…” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 4.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
- Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies Fragments from.36Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus
“…the most holy “faith delivered unto us,” which the unlearned receive, and those of slender knowledge have taught, not “giving heed to endless genealogies,” but studying rather [to observe] a straightforward course of life; lest, having been deprived of the Divine Spirit, they fail to attain to the kingdom of…” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 4.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“These holy fathers have taught us not only truths respecting the Divine nature, but also the doctrine of the Incarnation.” — editor's note: οἰκονομία. In classical Greek οἰκονομία is simply the management (α) of a household, (β) of the state. In the N.T. we have it in Luke xvi. for “stewardship,”…
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Ambrose of Milan
“But the aim of the charge is love from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and faith unfeigned, whence some have erred and betaken themselves to empty babbling, desirous of being teachers of the law, without understanding the words they say, nor the things whereof they speak with assurance.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 4 ff.
Read the whole comment“What indeed is more foolish than to debate over the majesty of God, which rather occasions questionings, than godly instruction which is in faith.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 4; vi. 20, 21.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Hence come many and controverted questions of genealogies which the Apostle bids us avoid. [1 Tim 1:4]” — the author cites it
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…doctrine, neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, the which minister questionings, rather than the edification of God which is in faith.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 3, 4.
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Cross-references · 37
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 6.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 6.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against the Valentinians Chapter 2.
Cited together in Against the Valentinians Chapter 2.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 6.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 6.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.
Cited together in Ecclesiastical History II.6.
Cited together in Ecclesiastical History II.6.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36 and 1 other place.