Jeremiah 1:5 (WEB)
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Catechism · 1
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.” — Catechism footnote: Jer 1:5; cf. Job 10:8-12; Ps 22:10-11.
Fathers and councils · 21
Tertullian
“Accordingly you read the word of God which was spoken to Jeremiah, “Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee.”” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“Now, that the Word of God forms us in the womb, He says to Jeremiah, “Before I formed thee in the womb, I knew thee; and before thou wentest forth from the belly, I sanctified thee, and appointed thee a prophet among the nations.”” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
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Jerome
“Jeremiah, who wassanctified in the womb, and was known in his mother’s belly, enjoyed the high privilege because he was predestined to the blessing of virginity.” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
Read the whole comment“He had been sanctified in his mother’s womb, and now he was forbidden to take a wife because the captivity was near.” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
Read the whole comment“For all that comes before works should be counted of grace; although, doubtless, God foreknew the future when He sanctified Jeremiah as yet unborn, when He made John to leap in his mother’s womb, and when, before the foundation of the world, He set apart Paul to preach the gospel of His son.” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“And concerning Jeremiah He says, ‘Before I formed thee in the womb, I knew thee.’” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Jeremiah was sanctified, but did not prophesy, in the womb: John alone while carried in the womb leaped for joy, and though he saw not with the eyes of flesh, knew his Master by the Spirit: for since the grace of Baptism was great, it required greatness in its founder also.” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
Read the whole comment“The Lord saith unto Jeremiah: Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee.” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.25Conference VIII
“Thou hast put me together with bones and sinews;” and the Lord to Jeremiah: “Before I formed thee in the womb, I knew thee.”” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
Read the whole comment “And so that far-famed and renowned prophet as richly endowed with God’s gifts as with his testimony, to whom alone it was given to be sanctified before His birth, Jeremiah, says, “This is our Lord, and there shall no other be accounted of in comparison with Him.” — editor's note: Cf. Jer. i. 5.
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis III.4Book III
“…was known to God before he was formed in his mother’s womb, and before he was born was sanctified by Him, and while yet a boy received the grace of prophecy.” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5, 6.
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Ambrose of Milan
““Before I formed thee in thy mother’s belly I knew thee,” saith the Scripture, “and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee.”” — editor's note: “By sanctification is meant the grace of regeneration, which comprises virtues inspired, including both the habit of faith and the gifts of the Holy Spirit.…
Read the whole comment“…thee in thy mother’s womb, I knew thee; and before thou camest forth from the belly, I sanctified thee, and appointed thee for a prophet amongst the nations.”” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
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Leo the Great
“And to Jeremiah says the Lord, “Before I formed thee in the womb I knew thee, and in thy mother’s belly I sanctified thee.”” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“God praises Jeremiah, and announces, saying, “Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou camest out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
Read the whole comment“Concerning this very thing the Lord says in Jeremiah: “Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou wentest forth from the womb, I sanctified thee, and established thee as a prophet among the nations.”” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“However, to avoid unreasonably prolonging my discourse, by an enumeration of all the prophets, and of the words of them all, I will mention but one more, who was known before he was formed, and sanctified from the womb, Jeremiah: and will pass over the rest.” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
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Augustine of Hippo
“We ought not even to call a woman the creatress of her own offspring; for He rather is its creator who said to His servant, “Before I formed thee in the womb, I knew thee.”” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Wherefore also He adds, “I have set thee for a prophet to the nations,” saying that he must prophesy, so that the appellation of “youth” should not become a reproach to those who are called babes.” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Grant Paradise, he says, to be the womb; and that this is a true (assumption) the Scripture will teach, when it utters the words, “I am He who forms thee in thy mother’s womb.”” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
Read the whole comment“Who instructed thee to announce these things, but He who formed thee in (from) thy mother’s womb?” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5.
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Cited together in Letters Letter 24.
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Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 26.
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Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
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Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
Cited together in De Principiis III.4.
Cited together in Letters Letter 24.
Cited together in De Principiis III.4.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.9.
Cited together in The City of God XII.25.
Cited together in De Principiis III.4.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
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Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.9.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.1.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 26.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 26.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.1.
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Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.1.
Cited together in Catechism §2270.
Cited together in Catechism §2270.
Cited together in Catechism §2270 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §2270 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §2270.
Cited together in Catechism §2270.
Cited together in Catechism §2270.
Cited together in Catechism §2270.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.9.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.9.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.25.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.25.
Cited together in The City of God XII.25.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.25 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.9.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.9.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.