Hebrews 3:6

Sacred Scripture

• §117Article 3 · Sacred ScriptureRead at vatican.va

  The spiritual sense. Thanks to the unity of God's plan, not only the text of Scripture but also the realities and events about which it speaks can be signs.

"Our Father Who Art in Heaven"

• §2778Article 2 · "Our Father Who Art in Heaven"Read at vatican.va

  “This power of the Spirit who introduces us to the Lord's Prayer is expressed in the liturgies of East and of West by the beautiful, characteristically Christian expression: parrhesia, straightforward simplicity, filial trust, joyous assurance, humble boldness, the certainty of being loved.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Eph 3:12; Heb 3:6; 4:16; 10:19; 1 Jn 2:28; 3:21; 5:14.

The Communion of Saints

• §959Paragraph 5 · The Communion of SaintsRead at vatican.va

  “"For if we continue to love one another and to join in praising the Most Holy Trinity - all of us who are sons of God and form one family in Christ - we will be faithful to the deepest vocation of the Church."” — Catechism footnote: LG 51; d. Heb 3:6.

Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians II.1Discourse II

  “For instance, he says, ‘Moses as a servant, but Christ as a Son;’ and the former ‘faithful in his house,’ and the latter ‘over the house,’ as having Himself built it, and being its Lord and Framer, and as God sanctifying it.” — editor's note: Heb. iii. 5, 6.

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• Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians IV.9Discourse IV

  “…says openly, knowing that the Word was also called Wisdom, ‘Wisdom builded herself an house;’ which the Apostle interprets when he says, ‘Which house are we,’ and elsewhere calls us a temple, as far as it is fitting to God to inhabit a temple, of which the image, made of stones, He by Solomon commanded the ancient…” — editor's note: Heb. iii. 6.

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews Homily 5

  “For that by “house” he means the people, he added, “whose house we are” ( c. iii. 6 ); that is, we are in His creation.” — the author cites it

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• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews Homily 6

  “Paul, having treated of hope, and having said that “We are His house, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end” ( c. iii. ver. 6 ); next shows that we ought to look forward with firmness, and he proves this from the Scriptures.” — the author cites it

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 13

  “Why then do these calumniators of the truth, by means of the shadow and the types, endeavour to bring contempt and ridicule on the “rejoicing” of our “hope,” and the rich gift of our God and Saviour, who through regeneration renews our youth like the eagle’s?” — editor's note: Heb. iii. 6.

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• Hebrews 4:16

  Cited together in Catechism §2778.

• Hebrews 10:19

  Cited together in Catechism §2778.

• 1 John 2:28

  Cited together in Catechism §2778.

• 1 John 3:21

  Cited together in Catechism §2778.

• 1 John 5:14

  Cited together in Catechism §2778.

• Ephesians 3:12

  Cited together in Catechism §2778.