Ephesians 4:30 (WEB)
Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Catechism · 3
The Sacrament of Baptism
“The Holy Spirit has marked us with the seal of the Lord ("Dominicus character") "for the day of redemption."” — Catechism footnote: St. Augustine, Ep. 98, 5: PL 33, 362; Eph 4:30; cf. 1:13-14; 2 Cor 1:21-22.
The Sacrament of Confirmation
“Christians are also marked with a seal: "It is God who establishes us with you in Christ and has commissioned us; he has put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee."” — Catechism footnote: 2 Cor 1:21-22; cf. Eph 1:13; 4, 30.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“"The Father has set his seal" on Christ and also seals us in him.” — Catechism footnote: Jn 6:27; cf. 2 Cor 1:22; Eph 1:13; 4:30.
Fathers and councils · 12
Tertullian
“…accomplished gladiators, and from the mere throng of onlookers useful suggestions have sometimes come; first, then, O blessed, grieve not the Holy Spirit, who has entered the prison with you; for if He had not gone with you there, you would not have been there this day.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 30. [Some differences had risen between these holy sufferers, as to the personal merits of offenders who had appealed to them for their interest in…
Read the whole comment“For a defiled spirit cannot be acknowledged by a holy Spirit, nor a sad by a joyful, nor a fettered by a free.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 30.
Read the whole comment“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: but be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ hath forgiven you.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 25–32.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“And He will give thee gifts of grace of every kind, if thou grieve Him not by sin; for it is written, And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 30.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“It is neither holy nor just, in order to gratify the petty feeling of a few persons, to reject those who have never been condemned and thereby to grieve the Spirit.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 30.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Let all bitterness, and anger, and wrath, and clamour, and blasphemy, be put away from you.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 30, 31.
Read the whole comment“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and indignation, and clamour, and blasphemy, be taken away from you.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 30, 31. [For the sealing, see Acts xix. 6, Heb. vi. 2.]
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Basil the Great
“They, then, that were sealed by the Spirit unto the day of redemption, and preserve pure and undiminished the first fruits which they received of the Spirit, are they that shall hear the words “well done thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things.”” — editor's note: cf. Eph. iv. 30.
Read the whole comment““Grieve not the Holy Spirit;” hear the words of Stephen, the first fruits of the martyrs, when he reproaches the people for their rebellion and disobedience; “you do always,” he says,…” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 30.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For whereas Ezekiel says to the people of the Jews: “And thou hast grieved Me in all these things, saith the Lord;” Paul says to the new people in his Epistle: “Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in Whom ye were sealed.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 30.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…are sons of God, God hath sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father, and Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in Whom ye have been sealed, and again, But we have received not the spirit of this world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we may know the things that are given unto us by God, and…” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 30.
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Aphrahat
“Whosoever grieves the Spirit of Christ, shall not raise up his head from griefs.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 30.
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Cross-references · 28
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Cited together in Catechism §1296.
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Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.8.
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Cited together in Catechism §1296.
Cited together in Catechism §1296.
Cited together in Catechism §1296.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.8.
Cited together in Catechism §698 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 12.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.2.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.2.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.8.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.2.
Cited together in Catechism §1274 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §698 and 2 other places.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.8.
Cited together in Catechism §698 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Catechism §1274.