Colossians 1:13

The Sacrament of Baptism

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  “Born with a fallen human nature and tainted by original sin, children also have need of the new birth in Baptism to be freed from the power of darkness and brought into the realm of the freedom of the children of God, to which all men are called.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Council of Trent (1546): DS 1514; cf. Col 1:12-14.

The Mysteries of Christ's Life

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  “Redemption comes to us above all through the blood of his cross,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Eph 1:7; Col 1:13-14; 2 Pt 1:18-19.

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 78

  “…of God, whereof the Apostle speaketh, “Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love:” of which things that people did bear the figure, when they were delivered from the power of the Egyptians, and translated into the kingdom of the land of…” — editor's note: Col. i. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 106

  “Meditate on these and such like things, examine also the Old Testament, and see what is sung in that Psalm, the title of which is, When the temple was being built after the captivity: for there it is said, “Sing unto the Lord a new song.”” — editor's note: Col. i. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity XIII.15Book XIII

  “And hence the same apostle also, exhorting believers to the giving of thanks to God the Father, says: “Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son: in whom we have redemption, even the forgiveness of sins.”” — editor's note: Col. i. 13, 14

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity XV.19Book XV

  “For He is both said and read in countless places to be so,—the only-begotten Son of God the Father; as that what the apostle says of God the Father is true too: “Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His own love.”” — editor's note: Col. i. 13

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 21

  “But the first “gift” is that which is concerned with the remission of sins; by which blessing “we are delivered from the power of darkness;” and the prince of this world, who worketh in the children of disobedience” by no other power than the fellowship and the bond of sin, is “cast out” by our faith.” — editor's note: Col. i. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 59

  “We have been redeemed, we have renounced the devil; how shall we “give diligence to be delivered from him,” that he make us not, as sinners, his captives again?” — editor's note: Col. i. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVIII.31Book XVIII

  “How could they defend it except by making safe, through the preaching of the gospel, those who believed that they might be “delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of God?”” — editor's note: Col. i. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XX.7Book XX

  “For before the foundation of the world God chose to rescue these from the power of darkness, and to translate them into the kingdom of the Son of His love, as the apostle says.” — editor's note: Col. i. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 55

  “The apostle, in extolling God for such grace bestowed upon us, says: “Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.”” — editor's note: Col. i. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 79

  “For all have been under the rulers of this darkness, that is, [under the rulers] of wicked men, or darkness, as it were, in subjection to darkness: but “thanks be to God, who hath delivered us,” says the same apostle, “from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.”” — editor's note: Col. i. 12, 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 115

  “For so did God rescue us from the power of darkness, and translate us into the kingdom of the Son of His love: and of this kingdom it is that He saith, “My kingdom is not of this world;” or, “My kingdom is not from hence.”” — editor's note: Col. i. 13.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 7

  “Thus we have had our approach to the Father through Him, being translated from “the power of darkness to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.”” — editor's note: Col. i. 12, 13.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius V.7Book V

  “Because it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell; and through Him to reconcile all things unto Himself, making peace through the blood of His cross, both as to the things on earth, and the things that are in heaven.”” — editor's note: Col. i. 12–20.

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Leo the Great

• Leo the Great, Sermons Sermon 33

  “…says, “to be partakers of the lot of the saints in light: who delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love:” since as Isaiah prophesied, “the people of the nations that sat in darkness, have seen a great light, and they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of…” — editor's note: Col. i. 12, 13.

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• 2 Peter 1:18

  Cited together in Catechism §517.

• 2 Peter 1:19

  Cited together in Catechism §517.

• Revelation 20:1

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.

• Revelation 20:2

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.

• Revelation 20:3

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.

• Revelation 20:4

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.

• Revelation 20:5

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.

• Revelation 20:6

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.

• Revelation 21:8

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.

• Psalm 105:8

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.

• Psalm 123:2

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.

• Isaiah 53:4

  Cited together in Catechism §517.

• Obadiah 1:17

  Cited together in The City of God XVIII.31.

• Obadiah 1:21

  Cited together in The City of God XVIII.31.

• Nahum 1:14

  Cited together in The City of God XVIII.31.

• Nahum 2:1

  Cited together in The City of God XVIII.31.

• Habakkuk 2:2

  Cited together in The City of God XVIII.31.

• Habakkuk 2:3

  Cited together in The City of God XVIII.31.

• Matthew 8:17

  Cited together in Catechism §517.

• Mark 3:27

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7 and 1 other place.

• Luke 2:51

  Cited together in Catechism §517.

• Luke 12:56

  Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 59.

• Luke 12:58

  Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 59.

• Luke 12:59

  Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 59.

• Luke 17:20

  Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 59.

• John 15:3

  Cited together in Catechism §517.

• Acts 26:17

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.

• Acts 26:18

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.

• Romans 4:25

  Cited together in Catechism §517.

• 2 Corinthians 6:10

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.

• 2 Corinthians 8:9

  Cited together in Catechism §517.

• Ephesians 1:7

  Cited together in Catechism §517.