2 Timothy 1:7

• §1556Article 6 · The Sacrament of Holy OrdersRead at vatican.va

  “To fulfil their exalted mission, "the apostles were endowed by Christ with a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit coming upon them, and by the imposition of hands they passed on to their auxiliaries the gift of the Spirit, which is transmitted down to our day through episcopal consecration."” — Catechism footnote: LG 21; Cf. Acts 1:8; 24; Jn 20:22-23; 1 Tim 4:14; 2 Tim 1:6-7.

John Cassian

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

  “Finally the blessed Apostle, who had by the power of the Lord’s love already passed through the servile stage of fear, scorns lower things and declares that he has been enriched with good things by the Lord, “for God hath not given us” he says “a spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. i. 7.

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews Homily 4

  ““For we,” he says, “have received not a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” ( Rom. viii. 15; 2 Tim. i. 7.)” — the author cites it

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, Scorpiace Chapter 13

  ““Be not thou, therefore, ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner;” for he had said before: “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. i. 7.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies IV.6Book IV

  “Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me his prisoner,” he writes to Timothy.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. i. 7, 8; Rom. viii. 15.

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• 1 John 4:18

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.13.

• Psalm 34:10

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.13.

• Psalm 111:10

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.13.

• Isaiah 33:6

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.13.

• Malachi 1:6

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.13.

• John 8:35

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.13.

• John 15:15

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.13.

• John 20:22

  Cited together in Catechism §1556.

• John 20:23

  Cited together in Catechism §1556.

• Acts 1:8

  Cited together in Catechism §1556.

• Romans 8:15

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.13.

• 1 Timothy 4:14

  Cited together in Catechism §1556.