2 Corinthians 3:17

"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"

• §693Article 8 · "I Believe in the Holy Spirit"Read at vatican.va

  “Besides the proper name of "Holy Spirit," which is most frequently used in the Acts of the Apostles and in the Epistles, we also find in St. Paul the titles: the Spirit of the promise, The Spirit of adoption, The Spirit of Christ, The Spirit of the Lord,” — Catechism footnote: 2 Cor 3:17.

The Transmission of Divine Revelation

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  God "desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth": that is, of Christ Jesus. Christ must be proclaimed to all nations and individuals, so that this revelation may reach to the ends of the earth:

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus VI.70Book VI

  “For when we turn to the Lord (and the Lord is a Spirit), He takes away the veil which lies upon the heart when Moses is read.” — editor's note: Cf. 2 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Origen, De Principiis I.1Book I

  “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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Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius V.2Book V

  “Indeed, he speaks far more openly than this of the very essential nature by the name of ‘Lord,’ where he says, ‘Now the Lord is the Spirit’.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius VII.1Book VII

  “…and not to the dignity of the Only-begotten, and cites as a witness to this view the Apostle, when he says to the Corinthians, “Now the Lord is the Spirit,” it may perhaps be opportune that we should not pass over even this error on his part without correction.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 17.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians I.3Discourse I

  “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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• Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.1Festal Letters

  “…longer perform rites under it, but have turned, as it were, unto the Lord; ‘for the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty;’—as we hear the sacred trumpet, no longer slaying a material lamb, but that true Lamb that was slain, even our Lord Jesus Christ; ‘Who was led as a sheep to…” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 17.

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John Damascene

• John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.15Book IV

  “Further, that God dwelt even in their bodies in spiritual wise, the Apostle tells us, saying, Know ye not that your bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit dwelling in you?, and The Lord is that Spirit, and If any one destroy the temple of God, him will God destroy.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 17.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.34Conference XXI

  “But this liberty, the Apostle Paul teaches us is nowhere but where the Lord is dwelling, for he says: “The Lord is the Spirit, but where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 17.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5Book I

  “That there is one Spirit, all holy, grace witnesseth, because there is one Baptism, in the Name of the Trinity.” — editor's note: The Spirit here spoken of is, according to Hurter’s interpretation, not the Third Person of the Trinity, but the Triune God, Who is a Spirit (John iv. 24; 2…

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• Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith I.15Book I

  “We see, then, that between creation and its Lord there is a vast difference, for creation is enslaved, but “the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 17.

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• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit III.14Book III

  “But if you require the plain statement of the words in which Scripture has spoken of the Spirit as Lord, it cannot have escaped you that it is written: “Now the Lord is the Spirit.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 17.

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Catena Aurea on John

• Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on John

  “(2 Cor. 3:17)” — the author cites it

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 20

  ““The Lord,” it is said, “is that Spirit;” and again “even as from the Lord the Spirit.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 17, 18, R.V. In Adv. Eunom. iii. 3 St. Basil had quoted v. 17 of the Son, making πνεῦμα descriptive of our Lord. “This was written,” adds Mr.…

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• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 23

  ““And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 17.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity II.10Book II

  “…signified, and to be called the Spirit on account of His incorporeal substance, has gone on to say, “And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty;” and no one ever doubted the Spirit of the Lord to be the Holy Spirit: therefore, neither here does it appear plainly whether it was any person of the Trinity…” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 17

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity XV.11Book XV

  “…the glory of the Lord,” i.e. gazing at it through a glass, “we may be transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord;” as we explained above.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 17

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Hilary of Poitiers

• Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity Book 2

  “The words of the Apostle are of like purport; For the Lord is Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 17.

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Leo the Great

• Leo the Great, Sermons Sermon 77

  “…enemy, even as the Apostle says, “God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying Abba, Father,” “And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty,” and “no one can call Jesus Lord except in the Holy Spirit.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 17.

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Gregory the Great

• Gregory the Great, The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14Part III

  “Whence the same teacher says again, Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (2 Cor. iii. 17).” — the author cites it

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• 2 Corinthians 4:1

  Cited together in Catechism §74.

• 2 Corinthians 4:2

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• 2 Corinthians 4:3

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• 2 Corinthians 4:4

  Cited together in Catechism §74.

• 2 Corinthians 4:5

  Cited together in Catechism §74.

• 2 Corinthians 4:6

  Cited together in Catechism §74.

• Galatians 3:14

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• Galatians 4:6

  Cited together in Catechism §693 and 1 other place.

• Galatians 5:13

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.34.

• Ephesians 1:13

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• Philippians 2:7

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5 and 1 other place.

• 1 Thessalonians 2:13

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XV.11.

• 1 Thessalonians 3:12

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.14 and 1 other place.

• 1 Thessalonians 3:13

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.14 and 1 other place.

• 2 Thessalonians 3:5

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.14 and 1 other place.

• 1 Timothy 2:4

  Cited together in Catechism §74.

• Hebrews 12:29

  Cited together in Against Celsus VI.70.

• 1 Peter 2:16

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.34.

• 1 Peter 4:14

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• 1 John 3:4

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XV.11.

• Revelation 1:16

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5.

• Numbers 24:17

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5.

• Psalm 143:10

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.14.

• Proverbs 27:22

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.

• Sirach 37:20

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XV.11.

• Isaiah 9:13

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.

• Jeremiah 6:29

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.

• Jeremiah 15:6

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.

• Jeremiah 51:9

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.

• Ezekiel 22:18

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.

• Ezekiel 24:12

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.

• Daniel 4:17

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5.

• Daniel 4:22

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5.

• Daniel 4:25

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5.

• Daniel 4:28

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5.

• Hosea 14:5

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5.

• Zechariah 7:9

  Cited together in Against Eunomius V.2.

• Luke 22:43

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5.

• John 4:19

  Cited together in Hilary of Poitiers on John 4:19–24 (Catena Aurea).

• John 4:20

  Cited together in Hilary of Poitiers on John 4:19–24 (Catena Aurea).

• John 4:21

  Cited together in Hilary of Poitiers on John 4:19–24 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

• John 4:24

  Cited together in Hilary of Poitiers on John 4:19–24 (Catena Aurea) and 2 other places.

• John 14:6

  Cited together in Catechism §74.

• Acts 6:7

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XV.11.

• Romans 6:15

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.34.

• Romans 8:9

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• Romans 8:15

  Cited together in Catechism §693 and 1 other place.

• Romans 15:19

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• 1 Corinthians 6:11

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• 1 Corinthians 7:40

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• 2 Corinthians 1:20

  Cited together in Catechism §74.