Colossians 1:22 (WEB)
yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,
Catechism · 1
“By the blood of his Cross, "in his own person he killed the hostility,"” — Catechism footnote: Eph 2:16 J.B.; cf. Col 1:20-22.
Fathers and councils · 2
Tertullian
“For he says above that we are “reconciled in His body through death;” meaning, of course, that He died in that body wherein death was possible through the flesh: (therefore he adds,) not through the Church (per ecclesiam), but…” — editor's note: Col. i. 22.
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Jerome
“…in his Epistle to the Colossians, wishing to show that the body of Christ was made of flesh, and was not spiritual, aërial, attenuated, said significantly, “And you, when you were some time alienated from Christ and enemies of His spirit in evil works, He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death.”” — editor's note: Col. i. 21, 22.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Catechism §2305.
Cited together in Catechism §2305.
Cited together in Catechism §2305.
Cited together in Catechism §2305.