Hebrews 9:14 (WEB)
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Catechism · 4
The Sacrament of the Eucharist
“"In this divine sacrifice which is celebrated in the Mass, the same Christ who offered himself once in a bloody manner on the altar of the cross is contained and is offered in an unbloody manner."” — Catechism footnote: Council of Trent (1562): DS 1743; cf. Heb 9:14, 27.
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.
Jesus Died Crucified
“At the same time it is the offering of the Son of God made man, who in freedom and love offered his life to his Father through the Holy Spirit in reparation for our disobedience.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 10:17-18; 15:13; Heb 9:14; 1 Jn 4:10.
Fathers and councils · 8
Athanasius of Alexandria
“Study too the context and ‘turn to the Lord;’ now ‘the Lord is that Spirit;’and you will see that it is the Son who is signified.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 16, 17. S. Athanasius observes, Serap. i. 4–7, that the Holy Ghost is never in Scripture called simply ‘Spirit’ without the addition ‘of God’ or…
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Augustine of Hippo
“What doth He, who is at the right hand of God, and intercedeth for us, like a priest entering into the inner places, and into the holy of holies, into the mysteries of heaven, He alone being without sin, and therefore easily purifying from sins.” — editor's note: Heb. ix. 12, 14, 24.
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John Chrysostom
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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.
Read the whole comment“Now, that the very Lord Himself of all might, the Word and Spirit of the Father, was operating and preaching on earth, it was necessary that the portion of the Holy Spirit which, in the form of the prophetic gift, had been through John…” — editor's note: “It is most certain that the Son of God, the second Person of the Godhead, is in the writings of the fathers throughout called by the title of Spirit, Spirit…
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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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Gregory of Nazianzus
“And these two matters do not divide the Substance, as I understand it, but rather are divisions within the Substance.” — editor's note: Job xxxviii. 4, Ps. v. 10, xxxvi., cxxxix. 7–15, cxlii., Isa. xi. 1–3, xlviii. 16, Mal. iii. 6, Wisd. i. 2, John i. 14, iii. 24, xv. 26, xvi. 14, 15, Acts…
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Clement of Alexandria
“Honestum enim est, “propter regnum cœlorum seipsum castrare” ab omni cupidirate, et “emundare conscientiam a mortuis operibus, ad serviendum Deo viventi.”” — editor's note: Heb. ix. 14.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Catechism §614.
Cited together in Catechism §614.
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 Catechism §614.
Cited together in Catechism §614.
Cited together in Catechism §614.
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.