Hebrews 9:13 (WEB)
For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh,
Catechism · 2
The Sacrament of Holy Orders
“…they are consecrated in order to preach the Gospel and shepherd the faithful as well as to celebrate divine worship as true priests of the New Testament."” — Catechism footnote: LG 28 cf. Heb 5:1-10; 7:24; 9:11-28; Innocent I, Epist. ad Decentium: PL 20, 554 A; St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Oratio 2, 22: PG 35, 432B.
The First Commandment
“The only perfect sacrifice is the one that Christ offered on the cross as a total offering to the Father's love and for our salvation.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Heb 9:13-14.
Fathers and councils · 6
Gregory of Nyssa
“For if he had learned the Divine names, he must have known that our Lord is called a Curse and Sin, and a Heifer, and a lion’s Whelp, and a Bear bereaved of her whelps, and a Leopard and such-like names, according to various modes of conception, by Holy Scripture, the…” — editor's note: Heb. ix. 13.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“Of old time, the blood of he-goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkled upon those who were unclean, were fit only to purify the flesh; but now, through the grace of God the Word, every man is thoroughly cleansed.” — editor's note: Heb. ix. 13.
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“If then we partake not of “reproach” [only] but of sanctification, the “reproach” is the cause of the sanctification.” — editor's note: ἁ γιασμοῦ. The effect of the sprinkling with blood. See c. ix. 12, 13, &c.; x. 10, 14
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Tertullian
“For Christian discipline dates from the renewing of the Testament, and (as we have premised) from the redemption of flesh—that is, the Lord’s passion.” — editor's note: Comp. Matt. xxvi. 28, Mark xiv. 24, Luke xxii. 21, with Heb. ix. 11–20.
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Ambrose of Milan
“But the Apostle also shows that the Holy Spirit is eternal, for: “If the blood of bulls and of goats, and the sprinkling the ashes of an heifer sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh, how much more the blood of Christ, Who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God?”” — editor's note: Heb. ix. 13, 14.
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Cross-references · 11
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Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.8.