Hebrews 11:6

• §848Paragraph 3 · The Church is One, Holy, Catholic, and ApostolicRead at vatican.va

  “"Although in ways known to himself God can lead those who, through no fault of their own, are ignorant of the Gospel, to that faith without which it is impossible to please him, the Church still has the obligation and also the sacred right to evangelize all men."” — Catechism footnote: AG 7; cf. Heb 11:6; 1 Cor 9:16.

Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius X.4Book X

  ““He that cometh unto God,” says the Apostle, “must believe that He is.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 6.

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• Gregory of Nyssa, Answer to Eunomius' Second Book Chapter 1

  “…points they are silent; so, too, concerning God Himself, they exhort men to “believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him,” but in regard to His nature, as being above every name, they neither name it nor concern themselves about it.” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 6.

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John Damascene

• John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11Book IV

  “But without faith it is impossible to be saved.” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 6.

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Cyril of Jerusalem

• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 6

  “The lesson also which was read to-day invites you to the true faith, by setting before you the way in which you also must please God: for it affirms that without faith it is impossible to please Him.” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 6.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.7Festal Letters

  “…to God, must first believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that seek Him;’ and that ‘without faith it is impossible for a man to please Him.’” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 6.

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• Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.9Festal Letters

  “For also, according to the Apostolic teaching, ‘He that draweth near to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that seek Him.’” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 6.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, Letters Letter 234

  “It is faith sufficient to know that God exists, without knowing what He is; and “He is a rewarder of them that seek Him.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 6.

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Leo the Great

• Leo the Great, Sermons Sermon 24

  “…with minds unshaken, and in it “follow after” all “holiness,” in it carry out the Lord’s commands, because “without faith it is impossible to please God,” and without it nothing is holy, nothing is pure, nothing alive: “for the just lives by faith,” and he who by the devil’s deception loses it, is dead though…” — editor's note: Ib. xi. 6.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.2Book II

  “But without faith it is impossible to please God.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 1, 2, 6.

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• Exodus 12:23

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

• Psalm 132:7

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

• Psalm 132:8

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

• Matthew 9:28

  Cited together in Letters Letter 234.

• Matthew 24:30

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

• Mark 16:6

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

• Romans 6:3

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

• 1 Corinthians 1:23

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

• 1 Corinthians 1:24

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

• 1 Corinthians 2:14

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

• 1 Corinthians 2:15

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

• 1 Corinthians 9:16

  Cited together in Catechism §848.

• Galatians 3:27

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.