Ephesians 4:13

The Church, Mother and Teacher

• §2045Article 3 · The Church, Mother and TeacherRead at vatican.va

  “…"we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ."” — Catechism footnote: Eph 4:13; cf. LG 39.

"From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"

• §669Article 7 · "From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"Read at vatican.va

  “"The kingdom of Christ (is) already present in mystery", "on earth, the seed and the beginning of the kingdom".” — Catechism footnote: LG 3; 5; cf. Eph 4:11-13.

• §674Article 7 · "From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"Read at vatican.va

  “The "full inclusion" of the Jews in the Messiah's salvation, in the wake of "the full number of the Gentiles", will enable the People of God to achieve "the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ", in which "God may be all in all".” — Catechism footnote: Eph 4:13; I Cor 15:28.

"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"

• §695Article 8 · "I Believe in the Holy Spirit"Read at vatican.va

  “Now, fully established as "Christ" in his humanity victorious over death, Jesus pours out the Holy Spirit abundantly until "the saints" constitute - in their union with the humanity of the Son of God - that perfect man "to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ":” — Catechism footnote: Eph 4:13; cf. Acts 2:36.

The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit

• §794Paragraph 2 · The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy SpiritRead at vatican.va

  “Christ provides for our growth: to make us grow toward him, our head,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Col 2:19; Eph 4:11-16.

Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.3Discourse III

  “…oneness with It, and having become one in It; that, as if all were carried by Me, all may be one body and one spirit, and may grow up unto a perfect man.’” — editor's note: Vid. Eph. iv. 13

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Catena Aurea on Matthew

• Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew

  “For the Apostle says not, ‘To the measure of the stature,’ but, “To the measure of the full age of Christ.” [Eph 4:13] For the bodies of the dead shall rise in youth and maturity to which we know that Christ attained. [ed. note: Hence the Roman Catholics teach that…” — the author cites it

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.6Conference VII

  “…of heart, for “man is born to trouble,” and in order that he may be able to attain to “the perfect man, the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ” he must ever be on the watch with still greater intentness, and toil with ceaseless carefulness.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13.

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• John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.5Conference XXI

  “…be crowned by the perfection of their virtues, while those who are small, and not able to come up to “the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ,” although they seem to be lost to sight and hidden as it were by the brightness of larger stars, may yet be free from the darkness of the curses which are in…” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13.

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• John Cassian, The Institutes V.4Book V

  “But when all come together into the unity of the faith and virtue, He is formed into the “perfect man,” completing the fulness of His body, in the joints and properties of all His members.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions V.5Book V

  “And yet even a weakness such as this in the dawn of faith is borne by our Mother Charity, till the new man may grow up “unto a perfect man,” and not be “carried about with every wind of doctrine.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13, 14.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 65

  “But they that abide in the bond of Christ and are the members of Him, make in a manner one man, of whom saith the Apostle, “Until we all arrive at the acknowledging of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the age of the fulness of Christ.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Of the Work of Monks Chapter 40

  “…Christ; that we be no longer babes, tossed and carried about with every wind of doctrine, in sleight of men, in cunning craftiness for machination of error.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13, 14

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XXII.12Book XXII

  “And if the saying of the apostle, that we are all to come to the “measure of the age of the fullness of Christ,” or that other saying, “Whom He predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son,” is to be understood to mean that the stature and size of Christ’s body…” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XXII.17Book XXII

  “From the words, “Till we all come to a perfect man, to the measure of the age of the fullness of Christ,” and from the words, “Conformed to the image of the Son of God,” some conclude that women shall not rise women, but that all shall be men, because God made man only of earth, and woman of the man.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XXII.18Book XXII

  “…every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, unto the edifying of itself in love.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 10–16.

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Origen

• Origen, De Principiis I.6Book I

  “And this is further confirmed by the language of the Apostle Paul: “Until we all come in the unity of the faith to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 108

  “According to the traditions of the church and the teaching of the apostle Paul, the answer must be this; that we shall rise as perfect men in the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 2

  “And with good reason, for they would not be strengthened according to Christ, nor make that laudable increase, which the Word produces in one who is rightly fed, by making him a perfect man, and bringing him to the measure of spiritual stature.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor I.5Book I

  “…by every wind of doctrine, by the craft of men, by their cunning in stratagems of deceit; but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up to Him in all things,”—saying these things in order to the edification of the body of Christ, who is the head and man, the only one perfect in righteousness; and we who are children…” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13–15.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies IV.20Book IV

  “…we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ;” we are then to strive to reach manhood as befits the Gnostic, and to be as perfect as we can while still abiding in the flesh, making it our study with perfect…” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 11, 12, 13.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.13Book VI

  “For these taken up in the clouds, the apostle writes, will first minister [as deacons], then be classed in the presbyterate, by promotion in glory (for glory differs from glory) till they grow into “a perfect man.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.2Book VII

  “…should obtain a better place in the universe, as tending in each step of advancement towards the habit of impassibility, till “it come to a perfect man,” to the excellence at once of knowledge and of inheritance.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.11Book VII

  “For by the service of what is best and most exalted, which is characterized by unity, it renders the Gnostic at once friend and son, having in truth grown “a perfect man, up to the measure of full stature.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13.

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

  “…which we attribute to the Gnostic (in which the perfection of the believer, “advancing by love, comes to a perfect man, to the measure of full stature,” by being assimilated to God, and by becoming truly angelic), many other testimonies from the Scripture, occur to me to adduce.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13.

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Hippolytus of Rome

• Hippolytus of Rome, Treatise on Christ and Antichrist

  “For there is also one Son (or Servant) of God, by whom we too, receiving the regeneration through the Holy Spirit, desire to come all unto one perfect and heavenly man.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 13.

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• Colossians 2:19

  Cited together in Catechism §794.

• 1 Timothy 1:9

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.2.

• James 5:12

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.11.

• Genesis 2:22

  Cited together in The City of God XXII.17.

• Leviticus 18:5

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.5.

• Deuteronomy 27:26

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.5.

• Job 5:7

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.6.

• Psalm 63:9

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.6.

• Psalm 73:1

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.14.

• Psalm 112:1

  Cited together in The City of God XXII.18.

• Psalm 119:31

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.6.

• Proverbs 14:23

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.6.

• Proverbs 16:26

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.6.

• Matthew 6:27

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 6:26–27 (5) (Catena Aurea).

• Matthew 22:30

  Cited together in The City of God XXII.17.

• Matthew 23:39

  Cited together in Catechism §674.

• Mark 12:39

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.13.

• Luke 20:46

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.13.

• Luke 21:18

  Cited together in The City of God XXII.12.

• Luke 21:24

  Cited together in Catechism §674.

• John 16:12

  Cited together in Confessions V.5.

• John 17:20

  Cited together in De Principiis I.6.

• John 17:21

  Cited together in De Principiis I.6.

• John 17:22

  Cited together in De Principiis I.6.

• John 17:23

  Cited together in De Principiis I.6.

• Acts 3:19

  Cited together in Catechism §674.

• Acts 3:20

  Cited together in Catechism §674.

• Acts 3:21

  Cited together in Catechism §674.

• Acts 14:23

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.13.

• Romans 8:29

  Cited together in The City of God XXII.12 and 1 other place.

• Romans 11:12

  Cited together in Catechism §674.

• Romans 11:15

  Cited together in Catechism §674.

• Romans 11:25

  Cited together in Catechism §674.

• 1 Corinthians 6:1

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.14.

• 1 Corinthians 6:2

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.14.

• 1 Corinthians 6:7

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.14.

• 1 Corinthians 6:8

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.14.

• 1 Corinthians 6:9

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.14.

• 1 Corinthians 6:13

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.14.

• 1 Corinthians 13:11

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 40.

• 1 Corinthians 15:28

  Cited together in Catechism §674 and 2 other places.

• Ephesians 1:22

  Cited together in Catechism §669 and 2 other places.

• Ephesians 1:23

  Cited together in The City of God XXII.18.