Deuteronomy 6:4

You Shall Love the Lord Your God with All Your Heart, and with All Your Soul, and with All Your Mind

• §2083Chapter One · You Shall Love the Lord Your God with All Your Heart, and with All Your Soul, and with All Your MindRead at vatican.va

  “This immediately echoes the solemn call: "Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God is one LORD."” — Catechism footnote: Deut 6:4.

The First Commandment

• §2093Article 1 · The First CommandmentRead at vatican.va

  “Faith in God's love encompasses the call and the obligation to respond with sincere love to divine charity. the first commandment enjoins us to love God above everything and all creatures for him and because of him.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Deut 6:4-5.

You Shall Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

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  “…all your mind, and with all your strength.' the second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."” — Catechism footnote: Mk 12:29-31; cf. Deut 6:4-5; Lev 19:18; Mt 22:34-40; Lk 10:25-28.

The Son of God Became Man

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  “On the mountain of the Transfiguration, the Father commands: "Listen to him!"” — Catechism footnote: Mk 9:7; cf. Dt 6:4-5.

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 9

  “…is the Son, and the Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit; and this Trinity is one God, according as it is written, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God is one God.”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 75

  “What is so just as, thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not speak false testimony, honour thy father and mother, thou shalt not covet the property of thy neighbour, one God thou shalt adore, and Him alone thou shalt serve, all these things belong to the wine.” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4, 5, etc.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Harmony of the Gospels I.26Book I

  “For to this people was the announcement made by those divine voices which were addressed to Moses: “Hear, O Israel; the Lord thy God is one God.”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4. [See Revised Version, text and margin, for the variations in the rendering of the Hebrew. Comp. Mark xii. 29 for similar variations in the passage…

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity V.11Book V

  “For that which is written, “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord,” ought certainly not to be understood as if the Son were excepted, or the Holy Spirit were excepted; which one Lord our God we rightly call also our Father, as regenerating us by His grace.” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity VII.4Book VII

  “…does not contradict it: whereas, if we were to say three Gods, Scripture would contradict it, which says, “Hear, O Israel; the Lord thy God is one God?”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4

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Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.2Book IV

  “…also the prophets proclaimed,—whom Christ, too, confesses as His Father,— whom also the law announces, saying: “Hear, O Israel; The Lord thy God is one God?”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4.

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• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies V.22Book V

  “But the Word of God is the superior above all, He who is loudly proclaimed in the law: “Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is one God;” and, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart;” and, “Him shall thou adore, and Him alone shall thou serve.”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4, 5, 13.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews Chapter 2

  “…when given through Moses; that is, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart and out of thy whole soul; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; False witness thou shalt not utter; Honour thy father and mother; and, That which is…” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4, 5; Lev. xix. 18; comp. Matt. xxii. 34–40; Mark xii. 28–34; Luke x. 25–28; and for the rest, Ex. xx. 12–17; Deut. v. 16–21; Rom. xiii. 9.

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• Tertullian, Scorpiace Chapter 2

  “To the following effect also, in Deuteronomy: “Hear, O Israel; The Lord thy God is one: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and all thy might, and with all thy soul.”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4.

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John Damascene

• John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.5Book I

  “And again He says, Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.3Conference VIII

  “…“Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is one Lord;” and: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength.”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4, 5.

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• John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.23Conference VIII

  “Which of them failed to keep this: “Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is one Lord?”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4.

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• John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIV.8Conference XIV

  “…and: “God sent His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law;” or this: “Hear, O Israel, the Lord the God is one Lord.”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 8

  “Whence Moses, the man of God, dissuading from all idolatry, beautifully exclaims, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is one Lord; and thou shall worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shall thou serve.”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4, 13, x. 20.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.14Book V

  “For this true opinion was derived from what follows: “Hear,” it is said, “O Israel; the Lord thy God is one, and Him only shalt thou serve.”” — editor's note: Deut vi. 4.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith I.4Book I

  “The Lord thy God is one God;” moreover, in the same Testament it is written: “The Lord rained from the Lord.”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4.

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• Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith III.12Book III

  “Oneness in Godhead the Law hath proved, which speaks of one God, as also the Apostle, by saying of Christ; “In Whom dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4.

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• Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy I.2Book I

  “The law says: “Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God.”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4.

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• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit III.15Book III

  “Such, too, was the teaching of the Law: “Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is one Lord,” that is, unchangeable, always abiding in unity of power, always the same, and not altered by any accession or diminution.” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.9Festal Letters

  “Faithful Moses, the minister of God, adopted this method; for when he promulgated the words of the divine dispensation of laws, he first proclaimed the matters relating to the knowledge of God: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is one Lord.’” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4.

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on John Homily 14

  “But this all the other prophets testify, and Moses continually exclaims, “The Lord thy God is one Lord” ( Deut. vi. 4 ); and Esaias, “Before Me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.” ( Isa. xliii. 10.)” — the author cites it

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• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 17

  ““And yet,” it may be said, “this is not the second, but the third; for neither is the first, “Thou shalt not kill,” but “The Lord thy God is one Lord.”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4. [Comp. Mark xii. 29, and the renderings of the R.V. text and margin in both passages.—R.]

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• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 36

  ““For the Lord thy God,” it is said, “is one Lord.”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4.

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• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 69

  “And yet the law said nothing of this kind, but, “The Lord thy God is one Lord.”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4.

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Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, On 'Not Three Gods'

  “This is the cause why it says, “the Lord our God is one Lord,” and also proclaims the Only-begotten God by the name of Godhead, without dividing the Unity into a dual signification, so as to call the Father and the Son two Gods, although each is proclaimed by the holy writers as God.” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4.

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Hilary of Poitiers

• Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity Book 4

  “…attempt, by praising the Godhead of the Father only, to deprive the Son of His Divinity, pleading that it is written, Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is One, and that the Lord repeats this in His answer to the doctor of the Law who asked Him what was the greatest commandment in the Law;—Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy…” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4.

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• Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity Book 5

  “They employ the confession of One God, for which they appeal to the witness of the Law and the Gospels in the words, Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is One.” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4; St. Mark xii. 29.

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• Deuteronomy 10:22

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity VII.4.

• Job 5:21

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.2.

• Psalm 30:2

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.15.

• Psalm 39:1

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.2.

• Psalm 84:9

  Cited together in On 'Not Three Gods'.

• Psalm 119:9

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.2.

• Sirach 20:7

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.2.

• Isaiah 50:4

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.2.

• Jeremiah 16:19

  Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels I.26.

• Matthew 4:7

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.22.

• Matthew 10:29

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.22.

• Matthew 11:29

  Cited together in Catechism §459.

• Matthew 12:36

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.2.

• Matthew 12:37

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.2.

• Matthew 16:28

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.12.

• Matthew 22:37

  Cited together in Catechism §2083.

• Matthew 22:43

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.15.

• Matthew 22:45

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.15.

• Mark 8:34

  Cited together in Catechism §459.

• Mark 9:7

  Cited together in Catechism §459.

• Luke 4:6

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.22.

• Luke 13:28

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.12.

• Luke 22:36

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.3.

• John 8:44

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.22.

• John 14:6

  Cited together in Catechism §459.

• John 15:12

  Cited together in Catechism §459.

• Acts 8:20

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity V.11.

• Romans 3:6

  Cited together in On 'Not Three Gods'.

• Romans 3:30

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.22.

• Romans 10:2

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.3.

• Romans 12:16

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.22.

• 1 Timothy 1:1

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.12.

• 2 Timothy 1:18

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.15.

• Hebrews 6:16

  Cited together in On 'Not Three Gods'.

• 1 Peter 2:10

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.12.

• 1 Peter 2:11

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.12.

• Genesis 19:24

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.15.

• Exodus 20:2

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.5.

• Exodus 20:3

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.5.

• Exodus 23:24

  Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels I.26.

• Mark 12:30

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