Ephesians 5:32 (WEB)
This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and the assembly.
Catechism · 5
The Sacrament of Matrimony
“Scripture speaks throughout of marriage and its "mystery," its institution and the meaning God has given it, its origin and its end, its various realizations throughout the history of salvation, the difficulties arising from sin and its renewal "in the Lord" in the New Covenant of Christ and the Church.” — Catechism footnote: 1 Cor 7:39; cf. Eph 5:31-32.
“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.
“In the epiclesis of this sacrament the spouses receive the Holy Spirit as the communion of love of Christ and the Church.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Eph 5:32.
The Church in God's Plan
“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
- §796Paragraph 2 · The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy SpiritRead at vatican.va
“This is a great mystery, and I am applying it to Christ and the Church."” — Catechism footnote: Eph 5:31-32.
Fathers and councils · 24
Tertullian
“For, inasmuch as Adam straightway predicted that “great mystery of Christ and the church,” when he said, “This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and…” — editor's note: Eph. v. 31, 32.
Read the whole comment“Is it because he prophetically declared “the great mystery of Christ and the church?”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 32.
Read the whole comment“…himself at that time, reverting to the condition of a Psychic after the spiritual ecstasy in which he had prophetically interpreted that “great sacrament” with reference to Christ and the Church, and no longer being “capable of the things which were the Spirit’s,” yielded more readily to his belly than to God,…” — editor's note: Comp. Eph. v. 32 with Gen. ii. 23, 24.
Read the whole comment“…it was declared in the beginning that a man should leave his father and mother and become one flesh with his wife, he applied this to Christ and the church.” — editor's note: Eph. v. 31, 32.
Read the whole comment“This is a great mystery.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 31, 32.
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Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus IV.49Book IV
“This is a great mystery; but I speak concerning Christ and the Church.”” — editor's note: Cf. Eph. v. 31, 32. Cf. Gen. ii. 24.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“They declare also that Paul has referred to the conjunctions within the Pleroma, showing them forth by means of one; for, when writing of the conjugal union in this life, he expressed himself thus: “This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the Church.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 32.
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Jerome
“Then we have the passage, “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the twain shall become one flesh,” in explanation of which the Apostle straightway adds, “This mystery is great, but I speak in regard of Christ, and of the Church.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 32.
Read the whole comment““For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be” not as is there said, “of one flesh,” but “of one spirit.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 31, 32.
Read the whole comment“Paul in explaining the passage refers it to Christ and the church; making the first Adam a monogamist in the flesh and the second a monogamist in the spirit.” — editor's note: Eph. v. 31, 32.
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Ambrose of Milan
““For that is a great mystery in Christ and in the Church.” — editor's note: Eph. v. 32.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“This is a great mystery; but I speak concerning Christ and the Church;”—when, I say, the blessed apostle says this, and with his sacred voice testifies to the unity of Christ with the Church, cleaving to one another with…” — editor's note: Eph. v. 31, 32.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But if you understand it, as he who says, “But I speak concerning Christ and the Church,” He raineth a shower on the fertile soil.” — editor's note: Eph. v. 32.
Read the whole comment““This is a great Sacrament,” saith the Apostle, “but I speak in regard of Christ and the Church.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 32.
Read the whole comment“For concerning Christ and the Church hath been sent before a great Sacrament, “there shall be two in one flesh.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 32.
Read the whole comment““This is a great Sacrament:” “I,” he saith, “speak in Christ and in the Church.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 32.
Read the whole comment“For this also was at the beginning, “They two shall be one flesh:” which great mystery the Apostle Paul expounding, saith, “I speak concerning Christ and the Church.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 32.
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““This is a great mystery,” says the Apostle, “but I speak in Christ and in the Church.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 31, 32.
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John Chrysostom
“Therefore also John calls Him a bridegroom, therefore Paul again saith, “For I have espoused you to one husband;”and, “This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the Church.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 32.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“This is a great mystery; but I speak concerning Christ and the Church.”” — editor's note: Ephes. v. 31, 32
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Leo the Great
“For this cause a man shall leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife, and there shall be two in one flesh.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 30, 31, 32.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“This Sacrament is great, he says, But I speak concerning Christ and the Church.” — editor's note: Ephes. v. 32.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
“The Apostle says [margin note: Eph 5:32] that this is a mystery in Christ and the Church; for the Lord Jesus Christ left His Father when He came down from heaven to earth; and He left His…” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 36
Cited together in Catechism §772.
Cited together in Catechism §1602.
Cited together in Catechism §1602.
Cited together in Catechism §1602.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 21 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §1616 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 15.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 15.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 15.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 11.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Fasting Chapter 3.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 11.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 21.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 48.
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 19:2–8 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 19:2–8 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 21.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 21.
Cited together in Catechism §1602.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §772.
Cited together in Catechism §772.
Cited together in Catechism §772.
Cited together in Catechism §772.