1 Timothy 2:8

• §2634Article 3 · In the Age of the ChurchRead at vatican.va

  “He is the one intercessor with the Father on behalf of all men, especially sinners.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rom 8:34; 1 Jn 2:1; 1 Tim 2:5-8.

Jerome

• Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 1

  “Let us consider what led the Apostle to make this declaration:“I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. ii. 8 sqq.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X IX.3Conference IX

  “And therefore if we do not want anything to haunt us while we are praying, we should be careful before our prayer, to exclude it from the shrine of our heart, that we may thus fulfill the Apostle’s injunction: “Pray without ceasing;” and: “In every place lifting up holy hands without wrath or disputing.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. v. 17; 1 Tim. ii. 8.

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• John Cassian, Conferences I–X IX.6Conference IX

  “…highest good, he will then fulfil this Apostolic precept: “Pray without ceasing;” and: “in every place lifting up holy hands without wrath and disputing:” for when by this purity (if we can say so) the thoughts of the soul are engrossed, and are re-fashioned out of their earthly condition to bear a spiritual and…” — editor's note: 1 Thess. v. 17; 1 Tim. ii. 8.

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• John Cassian, The Institutes VIII.13Book VIII

  “And yet we are commanded by the Apostle: “Pray without ceasing;” and “in every place lifting up holy hands without wrath and disputing.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. ii. 8.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 63

  “For the Apostle saith, “Lifting up pure hands without anger and dissension.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. ii. 8.

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 19

  “Wherefore Paul also, making mention of prayer, required nothing so much as the observance of this commandment; for He saith, “lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. ii. 8. [R.V., “disputing,” with margin, “doubting.”—R.]

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• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 23

  “To seek the things spiritual, all of them; to forgive them that have trespassed, and so to draw nigh asking forgiveness; “to lift up holy hands without wrath and doubting.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. ii. 8, perhaps “disputing” rather than “doubting.” [R.V. text “disputing,” in the margin “doubting.” Comp. Homily XIX. 11, p. 138.—R.]

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• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 51

  “For so Paul too commanded: his phrase being, “lifting up holy hands without wrath and disputing.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. ii. 8.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Baptism Chapter 7

  “…into one body with another spirit of so clear sound; and shall it not be possible for God, in the case of His own organ, to produce, by means of “holy hands,” a sublime spiritual modulation?” — editor's note: Compare 1 Tim. ii. 8.

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• Tertullian, On Prayer Chapter 13

  “…prayer with hands indeed washed, but the spirit foul?—inasmuch as to our hands themselves spiritual purities are necessary, that they may be “lifted up pure” from falsehood, from murder, from cruelty, from poisonings, from idolatry, and all the other blemishes which, conceived by the spirit, are effected by the…” — editor's note: 1 Tim. ii. 8.

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• Tertullian, On Prayer Chapter 23

  “Touching times of prayer nothing at all has been prescribed, except clearly “to pray at every time and every place.”” — editor's note: Eph. vi. 18; 1 Thess. v. 17; 1 Tim. ii. 8.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 20

  “It is good for the hands to be consecrated, and the feet; the one that they may in every place be lifted up holy; and that they may lay hold of the discipline of Christ, lest the Lord at any time be angered; and that the Word may gain credence by action, as was the case…” — editor's note: 1 Tim. ii. 8.

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• Hebrews 7:25

  Cited together in Catechism §2634.

• Hebrews 10:26

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 7.

• Hebrews 10:27

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 7.

• Hebrews 10:29

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 7.

• 2 Peter 1:9

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 7.

• 1 John 2:1

  Cited together in Catechism §2634.

• Psalm 150:4

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 7.

• Matthew 3:16

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 7.

• Matthew 10:16

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 7.

• Matthew 15:10

  Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 13.

• Matthew 15:11

  Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 13.

• Matthew 15:17

  Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 13.

• Matthew 15:18

  Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 13.

• Matthew 15:19

  Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 13.

• Matthew 15:20

  Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 13.

• Matthew 23:25

  Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 13.

• Matthew 27:24

  Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 13.

• Luke 3:22

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 7.

• Romans 8:26

  Cited together in Catechism §2634.

• Romans 8:27

  Cited together in Catechism §2634.

• Romans 8:34

  Cited together in Catechism §2634.

• Ephesians 2:10

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 7.

• Ephesians 6:18

  Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 23.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:17

  Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 23 and 2 other places.