Ephesians 4:6 (WEB)
one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in us all.
Catechism · 4
We Believe
“Through the centuries, in so many languages, cultures, peoples and nations, the Church has constantly confessed this one faith, received from the one Lord, transmitted by one Baptism, and grounded in the conviction that all people have only one God and Father.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Eph 4:4-6
The Father
“Such formulations are already found in the apostolic writings, such as this salutation taken up in the Eucharistic liturgy: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all."” — Catechism footnote: 2 Cor 13:14; cf. I Cor 12:4 - 6; Eph 4:4-6.
"Our Father Who Art in Heaven"
“United with the only Son, who has become "the firstborn among many brethren," she is in communion with one and the same Father in one and the same Holy Spirit.” — Catechism footnote: Rom 8:29; Cf. Eph 4:4-6.
The Communion of Saints
“Exactly as Christian communion among our fellow pilgrims brings us closer to Christ, so our communion with the saints joins us to Christ, from whom as from its fountain and head issues all grace, and the life of the People of God itself"” — Catechism footnote: LG 50; cf. Eph 4:1-6.
Fathers and councils · 14
Gregory of Nyssa
“But even if no word be said of these, the one utterance of Paul is enough by itself to point to them all inclusively—the one utterance which says that He “is above all, and through all, and in all.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 6. The application of the words to the Son is remarkable.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“Now, that this God is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Paul the apostle also has declared, [saying,] “There is one God, the Father, who is above all, and through all things, and in us all.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 6, differing somewhat from Text. Rec. of New Testament.
Read the whole comment“In accordance with this, too, does the apostle say, “There is one God, the Father, who is above all, and in us all.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 6.
Read the whole comment“…and the Apostle Paul [says] in like manner, “There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father, who is above all, and through all, and in us all”—this man will first of all “hold the head, from which the whole body is compacted and bound together, and, through means of every joint according to the…” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 5, 6.
Read the whole comment“…the Lord grants to those who rightly believe in Him, and love Him, and who know that “there is one Father, who is above all, and through all, and in us all.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 6.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“It is the Father who commands, and the Son who obeys, and the Holy Spirit who gives understanding: the Father who is above all, and the Son who is through all, and the Holy Spirit who is in all.” — editor's note: Referring probably to Eph. iv. 6.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“There is one body and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 1, 6.
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Tertullian
“There is to us one, and but one, baptism; as well according to the Lord’s gospel as according to the apostle’s letters, inasmuch as he says, “One God, and one baptism, and one church in the heavens.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 4, 5, 6, but very inexactly quoted.
Read the whole comment“There is “one God, one faith,” one discipline too.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 5, 6.
Read the whole comment“They and we have one faith, one God, the same Christ, the same hope, the same baptismal sacraments; let me say it once for all, we are one Church.” — editor's note: Comp. Eph. iv. 1–6.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“And again, One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, Who is both through all, and in us all.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 5, 6.
Read the whole comment“…the following: As ye also were called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, and through all, and in us all.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 4–6.
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Leo the Great
“A mighty bulwark is a sound faith, a true faith, to which nothing has to be added or taken away: because unless it is one, it is no faith, as the Apostle says, “one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 5, 6.
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Augustine of Hippo
““One Lord,” where he certainly meant Christ to be understood; but it remained that he should also name the Father: and accordingly there follows, “One faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 4–6.
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Cross-references · 20
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.32.
Cited together in Catechism §2790.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.2.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.2.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.18.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.18.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.2.
Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 14.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.2 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.18.
Cited together in Catechism §2790.
Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 2.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.18.
Cited together in Catechism §2790.
Cited together in Catechism §2790.
Cited together in Catechism §249.
Cited together in Catechism §249.
Cited together in Catechism §249.
Cited together in Catechism §249.