2 Corinthians 5:14

Jesus Died Crucified

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  “Now "the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died."” — Catechism footnote: 2 Cor 5:14.

The Church is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic

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  “It is from God's love for all men that the Church in every age receives both the obligation and the vigor of her missionary dynamism, "for the love of Christ urges us on."” — Catechism footnote: 2 Cor 5:14; cf. AA 6; RMiss 11.

Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians II.6Discourse II

  “…for all offer to death His own body; and that henceforth, as if all had died through Him, the word of that sentence might be accomplished (for ‘all died’ in Christ), and all through Him might thereupon become free from sin and from the curse which came upon it, and might truly abide for ever, risen from the…” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 14.

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• Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.6Festal Letters

  “…men, therefore all were dead to Him; and He died for all, that we who live should not henceforth live to ourselves, but to Him who died for us, and rose again.’” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 13–15

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• Athanasius of Alexandria, On the Incarnation of the Word §9

  “And of this one may be assured at the hands of the Saviour’s own inspired writers, if one happen upon their writings, where they say: “For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then all died, and He died for all that we should no longer live unto ourselves, but unto Him…” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 14.

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Gregory the Great

• Gregory the Great, Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.2Book VII

  “It remaineth that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again (2 Cor. v. 14, 15).” — the author cites it

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 118

  “For the love of Christ constraineth us.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 13, 14.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10

  “For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge that He died for all.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 13, 14

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XX.6Book XX

  “Of this death the Apostle Paul says, “Therefore all are dead, and He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them and rose again.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 14, 15.

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• 2 Corinthians 12:15

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• Galatians 2:20

  Cited together in Catechism §616.

• Galatians 6:17

  Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §9.

• Ephesians 5:2

  Cited together in Catechism §616.

• Ephesians 5:25

  Cited together in Catechism §616.

• Philippians 2:17

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• 1 Timothy 2:4

  Cited together in Catechism §851.

• 1 Timothy 6:15

  Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §9.

• Hebrews 2:9

  Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §9.

• Hebrews 2:14

  Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §9.

• Psalm 101:1

  Cited together in The City of God XX.6.

• Matthew 8:22

  Cited together in The City of God XX.6.

• Matthew 23:37

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• John 5:25

  Cited together in The City of God XX.6.

• John 5:26

  Cited together in The City of God XX.6.

• John 5:29

  Cited together in The City of God XX.6.

• John 13:1

  Cited together in Catechism §616.

• 1 Corinthians 15:21

  Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §9.