Ephesians 3:18

• §2565Section One · Prayer in the Christian LifeRead at vatican.va

  “Its dimensions are those of Christ's love.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Eph 3:18-21.

Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius V.3Book V

  “…universe, when he expresses a desire that they may be exalted to know the exceeding glory of this power, calling it height, and depth, and breadth, and length, speaking of the several projections we behold in the figure of the Cross by their proper names, so that he calls the upper part “height,” and that which is…” — editor's note: Cf. Eph. iii. 18

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• Gregory of Nyssa, The Great Catechism Chapter 34

  “…the Deity, but that sight also should be our teacher in these sublime subjects for thought; and it is from sight that the mighty Paul starts when he initiates the people of Ephesus in the mysteries, and imbues them through his instructions with the power of knowing what is that “depth and height and breadth and…” — editor's note: Eph. iii. 18.

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Catena Aurea on John

• Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John

  “For that was made by ungodly men, and yet certainly by it were signified, What is the length, and depth, and breadth, and height, (Eph. 3:18) as the Apostle saith.” — the author cites it

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions XIII.7Book XIII

  “…unto us a more excellent way of charity; and where he bows his knees unto Thee for us, that we may know the super-eminent knowledge of the love of Christ.” — editor's note: Eph. iii. 14–19.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 8

  “…in milk, but a young man in meat, “to comprehend the breadth, the length, the height, and depth, to know also the surpassing knowledge of the love of Christ.”” — editor's note: Eph. iii. 17–19.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 9

  “The foot of the soul is well understood to be its love: which, when depraved, is called coveting or lust; but when upright, love or charity.…And the Apostle says, “That being rooted and grounded in love, ye may be able to take in.”” — editor's note: Eph. iii. 17, 18.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 52

  “And because there now is root, “That ye may be able,” he saith, “to comprehend what is the height, and breadth, and length, and depth: to know also the supereminent knowledge of the love of Christ, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.”” — editor's note: Eph. iii. 14, 17–19.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 22

  “…the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.”” — editor's note: Eph. iii. 14, 17–19.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 96

  “…the length, and breadth, and height, and depth, even to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fullness of God.”” — editor's note: Eph. iii. 17–19.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 118

  “And yet it is to it we may rightly understand the words of the apostle to be applicable, “what is the breadth, and the length, and the height, and the depth.”” — editor's note: Eph. iii. 18.

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Catena Aurea on Mark

• JeromeCatena Aurea on Mark

  “Wherefore the Apostle says: “That we may know what is the height, and breadth, and length, and depth.” [Eph 3:18]” — the author cites it

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, On the Incarnation of the Word §15

  “This, too, is what Paul means to point out when he says: “That ye being rooted and grounded in love, may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length, and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.”” — editor's note: Eph. iii. 18, sq.

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Hippolytus of Rome

• Hippolytus of Rome, The Refutation of All Heresies VI.29Book VI

  “…“On this account I bend my knees to the God and Father and Lord of our Lord Jesus Christ, that God would grant you to have Christ dwelling in the inner man,”—that is, the natural (man), not the corporeal (one),—“that you may be able to understand what is the depth,” which is the Father of the universe, “and what is…” — editor's note: Eph. iii. 14–18.

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• 1 Timothy 3:16

  Cited together in Against Eunomius V.3.

• Genesis 2:7

  Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 34 and 1 other place.

• Job 10:9

  Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 34.

• Psalm 24:5

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.7.

• Psalm 68:5

  Cited together in Jerome on Mark 15:20–28 (5) (Catena Aurea).

• Matthew 16:15

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 118.

• Mark 14:38

  Cited together in Against Eunomius V.3.

• Mark 15:21

  Cited together in Jerome on Mark 15:20–28 (5) (Catena Aurea).

• Mark 15:22

  Cited together in Jerome on Mark 15:20–28 (5) (Catena Aurea).

• Mark 15:23

  Cited together in Jerome on Mark 15:20–28 (5) (Catena Aurea).

• Mark 15:24

  Cited together in Jerome on Mark 15:20–28 (5) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

• Mark 15:26

  Cited together in Jerome on Mark 15:20–28 (5) (Catena Aurea).

• Mark 15:27

  Cited together in Jerome on Mark 15:20–28 (5) (Catena Aurea).

• Mark 15:28

  Cited together in Jerome on Mark 15:20–28 (5) (Catena Aurea).

• John 1:5

  Cited together in Against Eunomius V.3.

• John 1:14

  Cited together in Against Eunomius V.3.

• John 19:24

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 19:23–24 (3) (Catena Aurea).

• Romans 5:5

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.7.

• Romans 6:5

  Cited together in Catechism §2565.

• 1 Corinthians 12:1

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.7.

• 1 Corinthians 12:31

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.7 and 1 other place.

• Galatians 5:24

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 19:23–24 (3) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.