1 Timothy 4:5 (WEB)
For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
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;” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Tim 4:3-9; 2 Tim 2:22.
Fathers and councils · 8
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VIII.32Book VIII
“When, therefore, we eat and drink and breathe to the glory of God, and act in all things according to what is right, we feast with no demons, but with divine angels: “For every creature is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 4, 5.
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Jerome
“…there of argument when Scripture clearly teaches that every moving creature, like herbs and vegetables, were given to us for food, and the Apostle cries aloud ‘All things are clean to the clean, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving,’ andtells us that men will come in the last days,…” — editor's note: Rom. xiv. 20; 1 Tim. iv. 5.
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Tertullian
“Are there not some who prohibit to themselves (the use of) the very “creature of God,” abstaining from wine and animal food, the enjoyments of which border upon no peril or solicitude; but they sacrifice to God the humility of their soul even in the chastened use of food?” — editor's note: Comp. 1 Tim. iv. 4, 5.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
“For if he that offers his food in prayer to God eats it sanctified, for it is sanctified by the word of God, and by prayer, as the Apostle speaks [marg. note: 1 Tim 4:5], how much rather ought children to be offered to God, and sanctified?” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nyssa
“…used to make holy the Body, the substance of which came of the bread, and in a manner was itself bread, so also in this case the bread, as says the Apostle, “is sanctified by the Word of God and prayer”; not that it advances by the process of eating to the stage of passing into the body of the Word, but it is at…” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 5.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“No one, however, tastes these before the priest utters a blessing, and prays over the food.” — editor's note: [The Essenes practised many pious and edifying rites; and this became Christian usage, after our Lord’s example. Matt. xiv. 19; 1 Tim. iv. 3–5.]
Read the whole comment“…because every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected which is received with thanksgiving; for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1–5.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Sanctificatur enim per verburn Dei et orationem?”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
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Cross-references · 16
Cited together in On the Apparel of Women II.8.
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 19:13–15 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.32.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies IX.16.
Cited together in On the Apparel of Women II.8.
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 19:13–15 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 19:13–15 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 19:13–15 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 39.
Cited together in On the Apparel of Women II.8.
Cited together in On the Apparel of Women II.8.
Cited together in On the Apparel of Women II.8.
Cited together in On the Apparel of Women II.8.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.32.
Cited together in On the Apparel of Women II.8.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.32.