2 Corinthians 3:16 (WEB)
But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Catechism · 2
The Liturgy - Work of the Holy Trinity
“By this re-reading in the Spirit of Truth, starting from Christ, the figures are unveiled.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 2 Cor 3:14-16.
The Transmission of Divine Revelation
“God graciously arranged that the things he had once revealed for the salvation of all peoples should remain in their entirety, throughout the ages, and be transmitted to all generations.” — Catechism footnote: DV 7; cf. 2 Cor 1:20; 3:16 - 4:6
Fathers and councils · 18
Gregory of Nyssa
“For he says, “when it shall turn to the Lord the veil shall be taken away: now the Lord is the Spirit.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 16, 17.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“Study too the context and ‘turn to the Lord;’ now ‘the Lord is that Spirit;’and you will see that it is the Son who is signified.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 16, 17. S. Athanasius observes, Serap. i. 4–7, that the Holy Ghost is never in Scripture called simply ‘Spirit’ without the addition ‘of God’ or…
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Origen
“The apostle, moreover, says, “Even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart: nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 15–17.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But since it is not the story itself which is to be the subject of consideration in this Psalm, from which the prophet hath taken a veil of mysteries, if we have passed over to Christ, let the veil be taken away.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 16.
Read the whole comment“May He then Himself be with men passing over unto Him, be the veil taken away: may our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ tell us why such a voice of the Prophet hath been sent before, “Thou hast shown to me troubles many and evil: and being…” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 16.
Read the whole comment“But “when thou shalt have passed over unto Christ,” saith the Apostle, “the veil shall be taken away.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 16.
Read the whole comment“And they do not consider what is the difference between that prophetic veil, and this unveiling which is in the Gospel, of which the Apostle saith, “When thou shall go over unto Christ, the veil shall be taken away.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 16
Read the whole comment“Forasmuch as the same Apostle straightway adds, “But when thou shalt have passed over to Christ, the veil shall be taken away.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 16
Read the whole comment“Because then we “turn unto Christ, the veil is taken away.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 16.
Read the whole comment““But when thou shalt turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 16.
Read the whole comment“Accordingly when He was hanging on the Cross, the vail of the temple was rent from the top even to the bottom; and the Apostle Paul says expressly, “But when thou shalt turn to Christ, the vail shall be taken away.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 16.
Read the whole comment“Otherwise, however long Moses is read, the veil is put over their heart; but when any one shall turn thence to Christ, the veil shall be taken away.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 15, 16.
Read the whole comment“And when thou shalt have passed over,” saith he, “to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 14–16.
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Basil the Great
“Now the Lord is that Spirit.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 14, 16, 17.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Now the Lord is the Spirit; but where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 15–17.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
“…which lay beneath the veil of the letter of the Law; whence the Apostle speaks, “When they have turned to Christ, then the veil shall be taken away.” [2 Cor 3:16] So the sense would be, Ought you to fear your persecutors, when you are thought worthy that by you the hidden mysteries of the Law and the Prophets…” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“Then, again, the words which follow, But when it shall turn to the Lord, the evil shall be taken away,” properly refer to the Jew, over whose gaze Moses’ veil is spread, to the effect that, when he is turned to the faith of Christ, he will understand how Moses spoke of Christ.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 16.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But by and by, when they shall be turned unto the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 14–16. There is a singular confusion in the reading of this quotation. The translator has followed Migne’s text.
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Cross-references · 20
Cited together in Catechism §74.
Cited together in Catechism §74.
Cited together in Catechism §74.
Cited together in Catechism §74.
Cited together in Catechism §74.
Cited together in Catechism §74.
Cited together in On the Profit of Believing Chapter 9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.14 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.14 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.14 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §74.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 39.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 39.
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 10:26–28 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 24.
Cited together in Catechism §74.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 39.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 39.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 39.
Cited together in Catechism §74.