Ephesians 5:25 (WEB)
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,
Catechism · 6
The Sacrament of Matrimony
“This is a great mystery, and I mean in reference to Christ and the Church."” — Catechism footnote: Eph 5:25-26, 31-32; Cf. Gen 2:24.
Jesus Died Crucified
“He knew and loved us all when he offered his life.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gal 2:20; Eph 5:2, 25.
The Church in God's Plan
“It is she whom Christ 'loved and for whom he delivered himself up that he might sanctify her.' It is she whom he unites to himself by an unbreakable alliance, and whom he constantly 'nourishes and cherishes.'"” — Catechism footnote: LG 6; Cf. Gal 4:26; Rev 12:17; 19:7; 21:2, 9; 22:17; Eph 5:25-26, 29.
“Because she is united to Christ as to her bridegroom, she becomes a mystery in her turn.” — Catechism footnote: Eph 5:32; 3:9-11; 5:25-27.
The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit
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“"Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her."” — Catechism footnote: Eph 5:25-26.
The Church is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic
“This is because Christ, the Son of God, who with the Father and the Spirit is hailed as 'alone holy,' loved the Church as his Bride, giving himself up for her so as to sanctify her; he joined her to himself as his body and endowed her with the gift of the Holy Spirit for the glory of God."” — Catechism footnote: LG 39; Cf. Eph 5 25-26.
Fathers and councils · 20
Jerome
“For he has one Church, concerning which the same Apostle says, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 25; Col. iii. 9–11.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…us all, which is the spouse of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Only-begotten Son of God (for it is written, As Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself for it, and all the rest,) and is a figure and copy of Jerusalem which is above, which is free, and the mother of us all; which before was barren, but now has many…” — editor's note: Eph. v. 25.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“For it is the Church alone which, conjoined and united with Christ, spiritually bears sons; as the same apostle again says, “Christ loved the Church, and gave Himself for it, that He might sanctify it, cleansing it with the washing of water.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 25, 26.
Read the whole comment“Moreover, too, the Apostle Paul, more openly and clearly still manifesting this same thing, writes to the Ephesians, and says, “Christ loved the Church, and gave Himself for it, that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 25, 26.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…he says: “Since man is the head of woman, even as Christ is the Head of the Church;” whilst in the words following he has added: “Who gave Himself for her.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 25.
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Basil the Great
““Husbands love your wives.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 25.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…have espoused you to one husband that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ,” and again “Husbands love your wives as Christ also loved the Church,” and again “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.” — editor's note: Ephes. v. 25
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Augustine of Hippo
“Whoso loveth his own wife, loveth himself.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 25–28
Read the whole comment“The command is, “Let wives be subject unto their own husbands, as unto the Lord; because the husband is the head of the wife;” and, “Husbands, love your wives.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 22–28
Read the whole comment““No man,” indeed, “ever yet hated his own flesh,” as the apostle says, when giving the precept as to loving one’s wife; but the man is the head of the woman, and Christ is the head of the man.” — editor's note: Eph. v. 25–33.
Read the whole comment“…for his part loveth his wife truly, as it is written, “In honour and sanctification,” as a coheir of grace: as “Christ,” saith the Apostle, “loved the Church.”” — editor's note: Ephes. v. 25.
Read the whole comment“And it is by this original example, which God Himself instituted, that the apostle admonishes all husbands to love their own wives in particular.” — editor's note: Eph. v. 25.
Read the whole comment“Hear the apostle: “Even as Christ,” saith he, “loved the Church, and gave Himself for it, purifying it with the washing of water by the Word, that He might present to Himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 25–27.
Read the whole comment“For He said, “What thou doest, do quickly,” not as wrathfully looking to the destruction of the trust-betrayer, but in His own haste to accomplish the salvation of the faithful; for He was delivered for our offences, and He loved the Church, and gave Himself for it.” — editor's note: Eph. v. 25.
Read the whole comment“And then read the apostle, and see what he adds: “That He might sanctify it, cleansing it with the washing of water by the word.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 25, 26.
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John Cassian
“For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as Christ also doth the Church, for we are members of His body.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 25–30.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“He gives laws for slaves and masters, rulers and ruled, husbands and wives, parents and children, marriage and celibacy, self-discipline and indulgence, wisdom and ignorance, circumcision and uncircumcision, Christ and the world, the flesh and the spirit.” — editor's note: Eph. v. 25, 22.
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Leo the Great
“For the blessed Apostle says the Father “spared not His own Son, but gave Him up for us all;” and again, he says, “For Christ loved the Church, and gave Himself up for her, that He might sanctify it.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 2, and 25, 29.
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Tertullian
“This, however, is a comparative trifle; for he actually derives from the same source the condition of his Christ and his Church; for he says: “even as Christ is the head of the Church;” and again, in like manner: “He who loveth his wife, loveth his own flesh, even as Christ loved the Church.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 25, 28.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For no man ever yet hated his own flesh.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 21–29.
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Cross-references · 29
Cited together in Catechism §772.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 68.
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Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 7.
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Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 7.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 7.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 7.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 68.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.22.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.22.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 68.
Cited together in Catechism §616.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.3.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 22.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.3.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.3 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §616.
Cited together in Catechism §616.
Cited together in Catechism §757.
Cited together in Catechism §772.
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Cited together in Catechism §772.