2 Samuel 12:13

• §1736Article 3 · Man's FreedomRead at vatican.va

  “The prophet Nathan questioned David in the same way after he committed adultery with the wife of Uriah and had him murdered.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 2 Sam 12:7-15.

Jerome

• Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 2

  “Yet he had certainly heard from Nathan the words,“The Lord also hath put away thy sin.”” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 13.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 122

  “Immediately that he confessed his fault he was comforted by the words: “the Lord also hath put away thy sin.”” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 13.

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Cyril of Jerusalem

• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 3

  “He was not puffed up by the array of soldiers standing round: for he had seen in thought the angel-host of the Lord, and he trembled as seeing Him who is invisible; and to the messenger, or rather by him in answer to God who sent him, he said, I have sinned against the Lord.” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 13.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIII.13Conference XIII

  “…two grievous sins of his, so that it was vouchsafed to him to hear from the prophet Nathan: “The Lord also hath put away thine iniquity: thou shalt not die.”” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 13.

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• John Cassian, The Institutes XII.11Book XII

  “Or if we bear in mind those two grievous and heinous sins of King David, blotted out by one word of penitence, we shall see that neither here were the merits of his works sufficient to obtain pardon for so great a sin, but that the grace of God superabounded, as, when…” — editor's note: Cf. 2 Sam. xii. 13.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 51

  ““Uncertain and hidden things” of His wisdom He manifested to him.” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Harmony of the Gospels II.5Book II

  “Consequently Matthew traces the succession downwards from David through Solomon, in connection with whose mother it was that he sinned; while Luke carries the genealogy upwards to the same David through Nathan, by which prophet God took away his sin.” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 1–14.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Letters Letter 51

  “To him it was told how the rich man who had many flocks seized and killed the poor man’s one lamb, because of the arrival of his guest, and recognizing that he himself was being condemned in the tale, for that he himself had done it, he said: “I have sinned against the Lord.”” — editor's note: 2 Sam. [2 Kings] xii. 13.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 6

  “You will maintain communion, too, with the murderer: because Ahab, by deprecation, washed away (the guilt of) Naboth’s blood; and David, by confession, purged Uriah’s slaughter, together with its cause—adultery.” — editor's note: See 2 Sam. xi.; xii. 1–13.

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• Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 21

  “So, too, had the prophets (of old) granted to the repentant the pardon of murder, and therewith of adultery, inasmuch as they gave, at the same time, manifest proofs of severity.” — editor's note: Comp. 2 Sam. xii. 1–14, etc.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion II.17Book II

  “…to the devotion of the people the son of Saul when about to die, and gave free forgiveness to David on his confessing his sins against the house of Uriah; which also restored the house of Israel as often as it condemned it, and addressed to it consolation no less frequently than reproof.” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 13.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion IV.10Book IV

  “…too, how that, when David acknowledged his sin against Uriah, the prophet Nathan said unto him, “The Lord hath cancelled thy sin, and thou shalt not die;” how king Ahab in like manner, the husband of Jezebel, guilty of idolatry and of the blood of Naboth, obtained pardon because of his repentance; and how…” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 13.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.10Book V

  “How prompt in pardoning David on his confession of his sin—preferring, indeed, the sinner’s repentance to his death, of course because of His gracious attribute of mercy.” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 13.

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• Daniel 4:33

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.17.

• Hosea 6:6

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.17.

• Jonah 3:10

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.17.

• Matthew 5:45

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.17.

• Luke 23:40

  Cited together in The Institutes XII.11.

• Romans 8:18

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIII.13.

• 1 Corinthians 9:10

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.17.

• 2 Corinthians 4:17

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIII.13.

• Genesis 3:13

  Cited together in Catechism §1736.

• Genesis 4:10

  Cited together in Catechism §1736.

• Leviticus 25:4

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.17.

• 1 Samuel 14:45

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.17.