Acts 15:9 (WEB)
He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
Fathers and councils · 12
Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“This seeing God is the reward of faith; to which end our hearts are made pure by faith, as it is written, “cleansing their hearts by faith;” [Acts 15:9] but the present verse proves this still more strongly.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“From faith; for by faith we live: and it is said of faith, “purifying their hearts by faith:” and as it is only the faith of Christ that cleanses; by disbelief in Christ, they are loosed from purification.” — editor's note: Acts xv. 9.
Read the whole comment“For contemplation is the recompense of faith, for which recompense our hearts are purified by faith; as it is written, “Purifying their hearts by faith.”” — editor's note: Acts xv. 9
Read the whole comment“The Divine record has expressly mentioned this when it says, “purifying their hearts by faith.”” — editor's note: Acts xv. 9.
Read the whole comment“And the Apostle Peter thus speaks in his Epistle; “So too hath He given you a similitude from Noah’s ark, how that eight souls were saved by water.”” — editor's note: Acts xv. 9.
Read the whole comment“But the fact is, that all are unclean who are not made clean by the faith of Christ, according to the expression, “purifying their hearts by faith;” and that the apostle says, “Unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.”” — editor's note: Acts xv. 9
Read the whole comment“For “blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God;” and “He purifieth their hearts by faith.”” — editor's note: Acts xv. 9.
Read the whole comment“Accordingly, we read in the Acts of the Apostles, “Purifying their hearts by faith;” and, says the blessed Peter in his epistle, “Even as baptism doth also now save us, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience.”” — editor's note: Acts xv. 9.
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Tertullian
“The reason why the Holy Spirit did, when the apostles at that time were consulting, relax the bond and yoke for us, was that we might be free to devote ourselves to the shunning of idolatry.” — editor's note: Acts xv. 1–31.
Read the whole comment“But however, through the grace of Jesus we believe that we shall be saved in the same way as they.”” — editor's note: See Acts xv. 7–11.
Read the whole comment“…consulted, determined, by the authority of the Holy Ghost, that “a yoke should not be put upon men’s necks which their fathers even had not been able to bear.”” — editor's note: See Gal. i. 11–24, compared with Acts xv. 5–29.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For you read that he said: “God, Which knoweth the hearts of men, bare witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as also to us; and He made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.”” — editor's note: Acts xv. 8, 9.
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 75.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 56.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 56 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 56.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:8 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 56.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 75.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 75.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 75 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 75.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 75 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 56.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 56.