Galatians 3:24

The Moral Law

• §1963Article 1 · The Moral LawRead at vatican.va

  According to Christian tradition, the Law is holy, spiritual, and good, yet still imperfect. Like a tutor it shows what must be done, but does not of itself give the strength, the grace of the Spirit, to fulfill it.

Jesus and Israel

• §582Paragraph 1 · Jesus and IsraelRead at vatican.va

  “For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts. . ."” — Catechism footnote: Mk 7:18-21; cf. Gal 3:24.

"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"

• §708Article 8 · "I Believe in the Holy Spirit"Read at vatican.va

  “God gave the letter of the Law as a "pedagogue" to lead his people towards Christ.” — Catechism footnote: Gal 3:24.

Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.2Book IV

  “And Paul likewise declares, “And so all Israel shall be saved;” but he has also said, that the law was our pedagogue [to bring us] to Christ Jesus.” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 24.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Against the Pelagians Book 2

  “24.” — the author cites it

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Cyril of Jerusalem

• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 5

  “For before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, and, the law hath been our tutor to bring us unto Christ.” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 24. The Παιδαγωγός is described by Clement of Alexandria (Paedag. i. 7) as one who both conducts a boy to school, and helps to teach him,—an usher:…

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.23Conference VIII

  “…according to the word of the prophet who says “He gave the law to help them:” and it is also described by the Apostle as having been given as a schoolmaster to little children, as it instructs and guards them to prevent them from departing through sheer forgetfulness from the teaching in which they had been…” — editor's note: Cf. Gal. iii. 24.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.15Festal Letters

  “…being shut up in the faith which should afterwards be revealed unto us; wherefore the law was our instructor in Christ, that we might be justified by faith.’” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 23, 24. Athan. reads into S. Paul’s words the thought that the Law itself, however misunderstood by the Jews, involved the faith of Christ.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, On the Profit of Believing Chapter 9

  “Hence is that saying of the same Apostle, “For the Law was our schoolmaster in Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 24. in Christo.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 2

  “This is the wish of our schoolmaster the law, of the prophets who intervened between Christ and the law, of Christ who is the fulfiller and end of the spiritual law; of the emptied Godhead, of the assumed flesh, of the novel union between God and man, one consisting of two, and both in one.” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 24.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.3Book V

  “But indeed it is superfluous to dwell on what he has erased, when he may be more effectually confuted from that which he has retained.” — editor's note: So, instead of pursuing the contents of chap. iii., he proceeds to such of chap. iv. as Marcion reserved.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor I.1Book I

  “But our Educator being practical, first exhorts to the attainment of right dispositions and character, and then persuades us to the energetic practice of our duties, enjoining on us pure commandments, and exhibiting to such as come after representations of those who formerly wandered in error.” — editor's note: The pædagogus. [This word seems to be used by Clement, with frequent alusion, at least, to its original idea, of one who leads the child to his instructor;…

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor I.6Book I

  “…law became our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith; but after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 23–25. [Here the schoolmaster should be the child-guide; for the law leads us to the Master, says Clement, and we are no longer under the…

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor I.11Book I

  “For Paul says that it was given to be a “schoolmaster to bring us to Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 24.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor III.2Book III

  “They had no instructor to restrain their lusts, nor one to say, “Do not commit adultery;” nor, “Lust not;” or, “Travel not by lust into adultery;” or further, “Influence not thy passions by desire of adornment.”” — editor's note: [The law was the pædagogue of the Jews (Gal. iii. 24); and therefore, as to Gentiles, they were a law unto themselves (Rom. ii. 14, 15), with some truth in…

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.5Book I

  “For this was a schoolmaster to bring “the Hellenic mind,” as the law, the Hebrews, “to Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 24.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.26Book I

  “Then, as if in explanation of his meaning, he adds: “But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up,” manifestly through fear, in consequence of sins, “unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed; so that the law was a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we should be justified by faith.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 19, 23, 24.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.7Book II

  “And how can the law be not good, which trains, which is given as the instructor (παιδαγωγός) to Christ, that being corrected by fear, in the way of discipline, in order to the attainment of the perfection which is by Christ?” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 24.

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• Clement of Alexandria, Who is the Rich Man that shall be saved?

  “For “the commandment is holy,” as far as a sort of training with fear and preparatory discipline goes, leading as it did to the culmination of legislation and to grace.” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 24.

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• Galatians 5:4

  Cited together in On the Profit of Believing Chapter 9.

• 1 Thessalonians 2:17

  Cited together in The Instructor III.2.

• Exodus 32:6

  Cited together in The Instructor I.11.

• Judith 8:27

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.7.

• Psalm 73:1

  Cited together in The Instructor I.1.

• Proverbs 1:17

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.7.

• Proverbs 1:18

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.7.

• Proverbs 9:11

  Cited together in The Instructor III.2.

• Proverbs 10:5

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.7.

• Proverbs 10:8

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.7.

• Jeremiah 4:30

  Cited together in The Instructor III.2.

• Matthew 13:31

  Cited together in The Instructor I.11.

• Matthew 17:5

  Cited together in The Instructor I.11.

• Luke 13:19

  Cited together in The Instructor I.11.

• John 1:3

  Cited together in The Instructor I.11.

• John 10:11

  Cited together in The Instructor I.11 and 1 other place.

• Romans 3:20

  Cited together in Catechism §708 and 1 other place.

• Romans 7:12

  Cited together in Catechism §1963.

• Romans 7:14

  Cited together in Catechism §1963.

• Romans 7:16

  Cited together in Catechism §1963.

• 1 Corinthians 10:7

  Cited together in The Instructor I.11.

• 2 Corinthians 3:14

  Cited together in On the Profit of Believing Chapter 9.