John 1:14

“Grace is favor, the free and undeserved help that God gives us to respond to his call to become children of God, adoptive sons, partakers of the divine nature and of eternal life.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 1:12-18; 17:3; Rom 8:14-17; 2 Pet 1:3-4.

“"Full of grace and truth," he came as the "light of the world," he is the Truth.” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1:14; 8:12; Cf. 14:6.

“For 'the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. . . and from his fullness have we all received, grace upon grace.'” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1:14,16.

“The apostles can confess: "We have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1:14.

“Taking up St. John's expression, "The Word became flesh",” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1:14.

“Disfigured by sin and death, man remains "in the image of God," in the image of the Son, but is deprived "of the glory of God," of his "likeness." the promise made to Abraham inaugurates the economy of salvation, at the culmination of which the Son himself will assume that "image"” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 1:14; Phil 2:7.

“But as “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,” the same Wisdom which was begotten of God condescended also to be created among men.” — editor's note: John i. 14

“But that “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,” I read not there.” — editor's note: Ibid. i. 14.

“For “the Word was made flesh,” that Thy wisdom, by which Thou createdst all things, might provide milk for our infancy.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“But what mystery there was in, “The Word was made flesh,” I could not even imagine.” — editor's note: We have already seen, in note 1, sec. 13, above, how this text (1) runs counter to Platonic beliefs as to the Logos. The following passage from Augustin’s De…

“We might think that Thy Word was removed from union with man, and despair of ourselves had He not been “made flesh and dwelt among us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“For into that flesh the Church too hath been taken by the Word, “who was made flesh, and dwelt in us;” for that “In heavenly places hath He made us to sit together with Him.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“But whereas, “the Word was even made flesh, and dwelt in us,” assuming our mortality, He permitted no man to excuse himself from the shadow of death; for the heat of the Word penetrated even it.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“He that “hath called the world from the rising of the sun unto the going down,” is Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, “the Word made Flesh,” in order that He might dwell in us.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“Because “The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“Let it not therefore be thought that there Soul was not, because the Evangelist thus saith: “The Word was made flesh, and dwelled in us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“But the shadow consisteth of light and body: and further, The “Word” that “was in the beginning,” that true Light, in order that a noonday shadow might be made for us; “the Word,” I say, “was made Flesh, and dwelled in us.”…” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“And our Christ Himself is the Word made flesh, that He might dwell in us.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“Thus since we were weak, the Wisdom of God made Itself weak, when the Word was made flesh, and dwelt in us, that we might hope under His wings.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“The former state is a very high one, this is a very lowly one.…Yet still examine whether this poor man be He; since, “The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

““All flesh is grass:” “and the Word was made flesh.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“For the Word Himself is God; and “the Word was made flesh,” that He Himself also might be my neighbour.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“But that He might receive something from thee, “The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us.”” — editor's note: John i. 1, 3, 14.

“And there, too, he can recognise Him who was made flesh in order that He might dwell amongst us; [that Word of whom we say,] that He assumed the flesh, not that He was changed into the flesh.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“And in order the more plainly to show by what grace this is effected, he continued thus: “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,”—as if he meant to say, What wonder is it that those should have been made sons of God, although they were flesh, on whose behalf the only Son was made flesh,…” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“…of which He is equal to the Father, in accordance with which He is the Word, and God with God, and the Word that was made flesh in order to dwell among us, in accordance with which also He and the Father are one, has been taken specially in hand by John with a view to its recommendation to our minds.” — editor's note: John i. 1, 14.

““The Word was made flesh, and dwelt in us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“…the worshipping of Him that the Lord was speaking, when He said, “God is a Spirit:” by the term, blood, the Son; because “the Word was made flesh:” and by the term water, the Holy Ghost; as, when Jesus spake of the water which He would give to them that thirst, the evangelist saith, “But this said He of the…” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“They are wholly chaste both in spirit and in flesh: but they are not the Word made flesh.” — editor's note: John i. 14

“…was taken unto Himself by the Word of God, not surely without a rational soul, as certain heretics will have it; and yet we read, “The Word was made flesh.”” — editor's note: John i. 14

“But herein is declared, not only that He is God, but also that He is of the same substance with the Father; because, after saying, “And the Word was God,” it is said also, “The same was in the beginning with God: all things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made.”” — editor's note: John i. 1, 14, 2, 3

“Therefore, since without any commencement of time, the Word was in the beginning, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, it was in the Word itself without any time, at what time the Word was to be made flesh and dwell among us.” — editor's note: John i. 1, 2, 14

“For flesh is put for man, where it is said, “The Word was made flesh;” and again, “And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.”” — editor's note: John i. 14

“And further, the one cleansing of the unrighteous and of the proud is the blood of the Righteous One, and the humbling of God Himself; that we might be cleansed through Him, made as He was what we are by nature, and what we are not by sin, that we might contemplate God, which by nature we are not.” — editor's note: John i. 1, 14

“And according to this manner we can now understand that the Son is not only said to have been sent because “the Word was made flesh,” but therefore sent that the Word might be made flesh, and that He might perform through His bodily presence those things which were written; that is, that not…” — editor's note: John i. 3, 18, 14

“…the Father and the Son, and alike with them unchangeable, while it was not united so as to be one person with Him, as the flesh was which the Word was made; I do not dare to say that nothing of the kind was done aforetime.” — editor's note: John i. 14

“…there comes to be something which may be called their wisdom: even as the Scriptures foretell or narrate, that “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us;” for in this way Christ was made wisdom, because He was made man.” — editor's note: John i. 14

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.”” — editor's note: John i. 1–14

“…which we all see and bear should despair of attaining so great excellence, it is added in the same place, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us;” that, on the contrary, men might be convinced of that which seemed incredible.” — editor's note: John i. 12–14

“…the Son of God, one Person with Him; but from the time when He began to be man, from that time He is also God; whence it is said, “The Word was made flesh.”” — editor's note: John i. 14

“And on account of this, the apostle goes on to say, “And we beheld His glory, the glory as of the Only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”” — editor's note: John i. 14

“For this, too, is called an image of the Son of God, in which we shall have, as He has, an immortal body, being conformed in this respect not to the image of the Father or of the Holy Spirit, but only of the Son, because of Him alone is it read and received by a sound faith, that “the Word was made flesh.”” — editor's note: John i. 14

“Therefore also the Lord Jesus Christ Himself not only gave the Holy Spirit as God, but also received it as man, and therefore He is said to be full of grace, and of the Holy Spirit.” — editor's note: John i. 14

“For of Him only is that said, which never has been or shall be able to be said of any holy man, however perfected in wisdom and righteousness, “The Word was made Flesh.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“He hung upon the Cross, but in the flesh.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“But because “The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us;” see how He is David’s Son.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“He hath the way, “The Word was made flesh;” He hath the way, “He emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“But that He might suffer all this, “the Word was made flesh;” and after He had suffered all this, by rising again He “overcame.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

““The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us:” see to whom Martha was ministering!” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“But in order to succour us, “The Word was made Flesh, and dwelt among us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

““And the Word was made Flesh, that It might dwell among us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

““The Word was made Flesh, and dwelt among us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“Yet the Son of God died; but He died in respect to the flesh, not in respect to “the Word which was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“See then, see, if we ought not haply to restrain weak or rash disputings, and to presume nothing false of the truth, to give to the Lord what is His due; let us give glory to the Fountain, that we may fill ourselves securely.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

““The Word was made Flesh.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“The flesh, therefore, does not by its own virtue purify, but by virtue of the Word by which it was assumed, when “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“But the proud scorn to take God for their Master, because “the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“And so we understand the words, “And the Word was made flesh,”—that is, man, which some not accepting in its right sense, have supposed that Christ had not a human soul.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“For who will explain in consistent words this single statement, that “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,” so that we may believe on the only Son of God the Father Almighty, born of the Holy Ghost and the Virgin Mary.” — editor's note: John i. 14

“But, speaking of Christ Himself, the evangelist John, after saying, “The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,” adds, “and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”” — editor's note: John i. 14

““The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

““The Word was made flesh, and dwelt in (among) us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“But I was saying that Christ is the Word, and Christ is the Word of God, and Christ the Word is God; but Christ is not only the Word, since “the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us:” therefore Christ is both Word and flesh.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“…as existing in that Trinity, save as they pertain to the servant-form, which the only-begotten Son assumed, when the Word was made flesh to dwell among us.” — editor's note: Chap. i. 14.

““He spat on the ground,” He made clay of His spittle; for the Word was made flesh.” — editor's note: Chap. i. 14.

““And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us [in us].”” — editor's note: Chap. i. 1, 14.

“For the soul of the apostle was illuminated by the Word; so was the soul of Peter, the soul of Paul, of the other apostles, and the holy prophets,—the souls of all were illuminated by the Word; but of none was it said, “The Word was made flesh;” of none was it said,” I and the Father are one.”” — editor's note: Chap. i. 14.

“And there might, indeed, be no impropriety in so understanding it, seeing that a twofold substance belongeth to the strong man, who hath rejoiced to run the race; for the Word was made flesh, that is, God became man.” — editor's note: Chap. i. 14.

“For one they are, inasmuch as “The Word was God;” and greater is the Father, inasmuch as “the Word was made flesh.”” — editor's note: Chap. i. 1, 14.

“For what are we to think of Him even as man, but that God is His lifter up? for the Word was God, the Only-begotten, co-eternal with Him that begat; but that He might be given to us as Mediator, by grace ineffable, the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.” — editor's note: Chap. i. 1, 14.

“…herself, who is solid food in the lofty sphere of angels, condescend in a manner to become milk for babes, when the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us.” — editor's note: Chap. i. 1, 14.

“And that Word at least we know to be the only begotten Son of God, which “was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”” — editor's note: Chap. i. 1, 14.

“Therefore He became flesh, and having become flesh, “He tabernacled among us,” not dwelling without us; and after tabernacling and dwelling within us, He did not continue in the form in which He first presented Himself, but caused us to…” — editor's note: Cf. John i. 14.

“For when the Scripture says, “In the beginning was the Word,” we understand the Only-begotten to be meant, and when it adds “the Word was made flesh” we thereby receive in our minds the idea of the first-born, and so the word of godliness remains without confusion, preserving to each name its natural…” — editor's note: S. John i. 14

“And if they allege the passage in the Gospel, “The Word was made flesh,” in order to make out that the flesh was taken into the Godhead without the soul, on the ground that the soul is not expressly mentioned along with the flesh, let them learn that it is customary for Holy Scripture to imply the whole by the part.” — editor's note: S. John i. 14

“Here the blessed John teaches us that God the Word, by Whom all things were made, has become incarnate, saying, ‘And the Word was made flesh’; here the most admirable Paul, urging those who attend to him to humility, speaks of Christ Jesus, Who was in the form of God, and emptied Himself to take the…” — editor's note: S. John i. 14

“…who preach the word point out the wonderful character of the mystery in this respect,—that “God was manifested in the flesh,” that “the Word was made flesh,” that “the Light shined in darkness,” “the Life tasted death,” and all such declarations which the heralds of the faith are wont to make, whereby is increased…” — editor's note: S. John i. 14

““The blessed John,” he says, “after saying that the Word was in the beginning, and after calling Him Life, and subsequently giving the Life the further title of ‘Light,’ says, a little later, ‘And the Word was made flesh.’” — editor's note: Cf. S. John i. 4 and 14.

“He also styles Him Son, and Aletheia, and Zoe, and the “Word made flesh, whose glory,” he says, “we beheld; and His glory was as that of the Only-begotten (given to Him by the Father), full of grace and truth.”” — editor's note: Comp. John i. 14.

“But salvation, as being flesh: for “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“For they say that he, the Lord and Creator of the plan of creation, by whom they hold that this world was made, was produced from the Mother; while the Gospel affirms plainly, that by the Word, which was in the beginning with God, all things were made, which Word, he says, “was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“…lest perchance we might consider Him as a mere man: for “not by the will of the flesh nor by the will of man, but by the will of God was the Word made flesh;” and that we should not imagine that Jesus was one, and Christ another, but should know them to be one and the same.” — editor's note: John i. 13, 14. From this, and also a quotation of the same passage in chap. xix. of this book, it appears that Irenæus must have read ὃς … ἐγεννήθη here, and…

“…us with a knowledge of the truth, and has set forth the dispensations of the Father and the Son, in virtue of which He dwells with every generation of men, according to the will of the Father.” — editor's note: The Greek text here is σκηνοβατοῦν (lit. “to tabernacle:” comp. ἐσκήνωσεν, John i. 14) καθ’ ἐκάστην γενεὰν ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις: the Latin is, “Secundum quas…

“And again, showing the dispensation with regard to His human nature, John said: “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

““And we have seen His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father;” that is, of course, (the glory) of the Son, even Him who was visible, and was glorified by the invisible Father.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

““His glory was beheld—the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father;” not, (observe,) as of the Father.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“For just as, when John says, “The Word was made flesh,” we understand the Spirit also in the mention of the Word: so here, too, we acknowledge the Word likewise in the name of the Spirit.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“…prophecy—so completely failed, after the transfer of the whole Spirit to the Lord, that he presently sent to inquire whether He whom he had himself preached, whom he had pointed out when coming to him, were “HE.”” — editor's note: Matt. iii. 11, 12; John i. 6–36.

“But when the Word of God descended into flesh,—(flesh) not unsealed even by marriage,—and “the Word was made flesh,”—(flesh) never to be unsealed by marriage,—which was to find its way to the tree not of incontinence, but of endurance; which was to taste from that tree not…” — editor's note: John i. 14.

““The Lord for the body:” yes; for “the Word was made flesh.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“…course of the end up to the beginning; so that every economy, ending in Him through whom it began,—through the Word of God, that is, who was made flesh,—may have an end correspondent to its beginning.” — editor's note: See John i. 1–14.

“Because, (forsooth) it is something else which He took from God, for “the Word” say they, “was made flesh.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“But by saying “made,” he not only confirmed the statement, “The Word was made flesh,” but he also asserted the reality of the flesh which was made of a virgin.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“…life-giving principle, because that word is spirit and life, He likewise called His flesh by the same appellation; because, too, the Word had become flesh, we ought therefore to desire Him in order that we may have life, and to devour Him with the ear, and to ruminate on Him with the understanding, and to digest…” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“Now, whatever may be the substance, since he mentions “the body of Christ,” whom he immediately after states to have been “raised from the dead,” none other body can be understood than that of the flesh, in respect of which the law was called (the law) of death.” — editor's note: In this argument Tertullian applies with good effect the terms “flesh” and “body,” making the first [which he elsewhere calls the “terrena materia” of our…

“Nay, let them over and above take this answer to their question;—The Father who was, made the Son who was, for ‘the Word was made flesh;’ and, whereas He was Son of God, He made Him in consummation of the ages also Son of Man, unless forsooth, after the Samosatene, they affirm that He did not…” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;’ but for our sakes afterwards the ‘Word was made flesh.’” — editor's note: John i. 1, 14.

“For as, being the ‘Word,’ He ‘became flesh’ and ‘become’ we ascribe to the flesh, for it is originated and created, so do we here the expression ‘He is become,’ expounding it according to a second sense, viz. because He has become man.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“…Word was God,’ in consequence, it was when at the good pleasure of the Father the Word became man, that it was said of Him, as by John, ‘The Word became flesh;’ so by Peter, ‘He hath made Him Lord and Christ’;—as by means of Solomon in the Person of the Lord Himself, ‘The Lord created me a beginning of His ways for…” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“Now it is plain that our body is Wisdom’s house, which It took on Itself to become man; hence consistently does John say, ‘The Word was made flesh;’ and by Solomon Wisdom says of Itself with cautious exactness, not ‘I am a creature,’ but only ‘The Lord created me a beginning of His ways for His works,’…” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“Thus it is written, ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;’ and the wherefore it assigns not; but when ‘the Word was made flesh,’ then it adds the reason why, saying, ‘And dwelt among us.’” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“Thus, ‘We have seen His glory, the glory as of the Only-begotten of the Father;’ and ‘God sent His Only-begotten Son;’ and ‘O Lord, Thy Word endureth for ever;’ and ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God;’ and ‘Christ…” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“…(whence also It is said to be created), first manifested Itself, and through Itself Its own Father; and afterwards, being Itself the Word, has ‘become flesh,’ as John says, and after abolishing death and saving our race, still more revealed Himself and through Him His own Father, saying, ‘Grant unto them that they…” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“Not then when the heaven was made by Him, nor when He was with the Father Himself, the Word ‘disposing all things,’ nor before He became man did He say it, but when ‘the Word became flesh.’” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“And ‘the Word became flesh’ is not true according to them.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“And as ‘the Word became flesh,’ so also man himself received the gifts which came through the Word.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“…John describes similarly when he says, ‘And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of one Only-begotten from the Father.’” — editor's note: Ib. i. 14.

“For what John said, ‘The Word was made flesh,’ has this meaning, as we may see by a similar passage; for it is written in Paul: ‘Christ has become a curse for us.’” — editor's note: Joh. i. 14.

“…[the idea of] Appearance for Reality, while the others, dividing what is indivisible, denied the truth that ‘the Word was made Flesh, and dwelt among us.’” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“But once for all ‘at the consummation of the ages, to put away sin’ ‘the Word was made flesh’ and proceeded forth from Mary the Virgin, Man after our likeness, as also He said to the Jews, ‘Wherefore seek ye to kill Me, a man that hath told you the truth?’” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“For the subsistence of God the Word in itself became the subsistence of the flesh, and accordingly “the Word became flesh” clearly without any change, and likewise the flesh became Word without alteration, and God became man.” — editor's note: St. John i. 14.

“But if the Evangelist said that the Word was made flesh, note that in the Holy Scripture sometimes a man is spoken of as a soul, as, for example, with seventy-five souls came Jacob into Egypt: and sometimes a man is spoken of as flesh, as, for example, All flesh shall see the salvation of God.” — editor's note: St. John i. 14.

“But after God in His bowels of pity became in truth man for our salvation, not as He was seen by Abraham in the semblance of a man, nor as He was seen by the prophets, but…” — editor's note: St. John i. 14; Tit. iii. 4.

“And John testified concerning Him, saying, And we beheld His glory, glory as of the only-begotten from the father,—full of grace and truth: at whom the devils trembled and said, Ah! what have we to do with Thee, Jesus, Thou Son of the living God.” — editor's note: Ib. i. 14.

“For he who said, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, went on to say, and the Word was made flesh.” — editor's note: Ib. i. 14.

“The one: ‘And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father’; the other says the same things slightly altered: ‘Which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes; which we have looked upon and our hands have handled…” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“We find that the word flesh is used in holy Scripture with many different meanings: for sometimes it stands for the whole man, i.e., for that which consists of body and soul, as here “And the Word was made flesh,” and “All flesh shall see the salvation of our God.”” — editor's note: S. John i. 14.

“And in this sense ‘the Word was made flesh:’ not that He began by any conversion or change to be what He was not, but that by the Divine ‘economy’ the Word of the Father never left the Father, and yet…” — editor's note: S. John i. 14.

“…of a servant,” and “the word was made flesh,” and “humbled Himself by becoming obedient unto death,” and “who for our sakes, though He was rich, became poor,” tell me, then, who He is, who was born of the Holy Ghost, and was conceived by the overshadowing of God?” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 7, 8; S. John i. 14; 2 Cor. viii. 9.

“Orth.—How then do you advance the statement in the gospel “the word became flesh,” and predicate mutation of the immutable nature?” — editor's note: John i. 14

““Why does he add ‘and dwelt among us’?” — editor's note: John i. 14 ἐσκήνωσεν

“And the most divine Evangelist says the Word was made flesh.” — editor's note: John i. 14

“So too the divine Evangelist exclaims, “And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”” — editor's note: John i. 14

“…suffering nothing in Its own nature; and further that there is made one nature of both Godhead and manhood,—for so he explains “The Word was made flesh,” as though the Godhead had undergone some change, and been turned into flesh.” — editor's note: John i. 14

“…Christ, the same existing in Divinity before the ages, and the same made man in the end of the ages, because The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (Joh. i. 14).” — the author cites it

“Christ, he means, the wisdom and power of God the Father, hath builded His house, i.e., His nature in the flesh derived from the Virgin, even as he (John) hath said beforetime, “The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“He is called the Word, the Son, the Power of God, the Wisdom of God.” — editor's note: S. John i. 1, 14; xx. 31; Rom. i. 4; S. Matt. xxviii. 18; 1 Cor. i. 24; Col. ii. 3.

“It is Truth, Righteousness, the Power of God: not dumb, for it is the Word; not insensible, for it is Wisdom; not vain and foolish, for it is Power; not soulless, for it is the Life; not dead, for it is the Resurrection.” — editor's note: Christ the Word: S. John i. 1–18. Wisdom: 1 Cor. i. 24, 30. Life and Resurrection: S. John xi. 25.

“We read of the “first-born” Son, of the “only-begotten”—first-born, because there is none before Him; only-begotten, because there is none after Him.” — editor's note: S. John i. 14.

“But it was not the Father Who divested Himself of the flesh; for not the Father, but, as we read, the Word was made flesh.” — editor's note: S. John i. 14.

“It is now sufficiently made plain that the Father is not God in solitude, without the Son, and that the Son cannot be thought of as God alone, without the Father, for it is in respect of His flesh that we read that the Son of God was “made,” not in respect of His generation from God the Father.” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 7; Gal. iv. 4; S. John i. 1, 2, cpd. with 14.

““The Word,” it is said, “was made flesh.”” — editor's note: S. John i. 14.

“For, “being made in the likeness of men, and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient even unto death,” in order that through that obedience we might see His glory, “the glory as of the Only-begotten of the Father,” according to Saint John.” — editor's note: S. John i. 14.

“(John 1:14) How is God glorified in this Son of man, who is the Son of God?” — the author cites it

Having said, Born of God; to prevent surprise and trepidation at so great, so apparently incredible a grace, as that men should be born of God; to assure us, he says, And the Word was made flesh. Why marvellest thou…

As our wordq becomes the bodily voice, by its assumption of that voice, as a means of developing itself externally; so the Word of God was made flesh, by assuming flesh, as a means of manifesting Itself to the world.…

When we think how the incorporeal soul is joined to the body, so as that of two is made one man, we too shall the more easily receive the notion of the incorporeal Divine substance being joined to the soul in the…

If men are disturbed however by its being said that the Word was made flesh, without mention of a soul; let them know that the flesh is put for the whole man, the part for the whole, by a figure of speech; as in the…

Or thus, After saying that they were born of God, who received Him, he sets forth the cause of this honour, viz. the Word being made flesh, God’s own Son was made the son of man, that he might make the sons of men…

The discourse which we utter, which we use in conversation with each other, is incorporeal, imperceptible, impalpable; but clothed in letters and characters, it becomes material, perceptible, tangible. So too the…

Apollinarius of Laodicea raised a heresy upon this text; saying, that Christ had flesh only, not a rational soul; in the place of which His divinity directed and controlled His body.

The Evangelist intends by making mention of the flesh, to shew the unspeakable condescension of God, and lead us to admire His compassion, in assuming for our salvation, what was so opposite and incongenial to His…

The Word uniting to Himself a body of flesh animated with a rational soul, substantially, was ineffably and incomprehensibly made Man, and called the Son of man, and that not according to the will only, or…

From the text, The Word was made flesh, we learn this farther, that the Word Itself is man, and being the Son of God was made the Son of a woman, who is rightly called the Mother of God, as having given birth to God…

Some, however, who think God the Only-Begotten, God the Word, Who was in the beginning with God, not to be God substantially, but a Word sent forth, the Son being to God the Father, what a word is to one who utters…

Lest from it being said, however, that the Word was made flesh, you should infer improperly a change of His incorruptible nature, he subjoins, And dwelt among us. For that which inhabits is not the same, but…

Or, dwelt among us, means, lived amongst men.

Having said that we are made the sons of God, and in no other way than because the Word was made flesh; he mentions another gift, And we saw His glory. Which glory we should not have seen, had He not, by His alliance…

Or thus; in that the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, His birth became a kind of ointment to anoint the eyes of our heart, that we might through His humanity discern His majesty; and therefore it follows, And…

He subjoins, As of the Only-Begotten of the Father: for many prophets, as Moses, Elijah, and others, workers of miracles, had been glorified, and Angels also who appeared unto men, shining with the brightness…

In Scripture language as, and as it were, are sometimes put not for likeness but reality; whence the expression, As of the Only-Begotten of the Father.

As if he said: We saw His glory, such as it was becoming and proper for the Only-Begotten and true Son to have. We have a form of speech, like it, derived from our seeing kings always splendidly robed. When the…

Full of grace and truth. Of this the meaning is twofold. For it may be understood of the Humanity, and the Divinity of the Incarnate Word, so that the fulness of grace has reference to the Humanity, according to…

Or, full of grace, inasmuch as His word was gracious, as saith David, Full of grace are thy lips; and truth, (Ps. 45:3) because what Moses and the Prophets spoke or did in figure, Christ did in reality.

“…the history of the Baptist;) why, when they began with these matters, did John briefly and in a later place hint at them, saying, “the Word was made flesh” ( ver. 14 .); and, passing by everything else, His conception, His birth, His bringing up, His growth, at once discourse to us concerning His Eternal Generation?” — the author cites it

“Then after some words between, he has added, “And we beheld His glory, the glory as of the Only-Begotten of the Father.” ( Ver.” — the author cites it

“John i. 14” — the author cites it

“John i. 14” — the author cites it

“How was He a rod? how Son of man? how was Mary His mother? how was He of David’s seed? how did he “take the form of a servant?”how “was the Word made flesh?”and how saith Paul to the Romans, “Of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is God over all?”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“If, however, they rely on the passage, The Word was made Flesh and dwelt among us, and because of this erase the noblest part of Man (as cobblers do the thicker part of skins) that they may join together God and Flesh, it is time for them to…” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“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…

“…was come to pass” and thus even then to consecrate those opening phrases of the evangelist John “In the beginning was the word” and “the word was made flesh.”” — editor's note: Joh. i. 1, 14 λόγος the Vulg. has ‘verbum’ both here and in Luke.

“…Birth-day of Christ, which the catholic Church thinks highly of as the occasion of His taking on Him true man, because “the Word became flesh and dwelt in us,” is not truly honoured by these men, though they make a show of honouring it, for they fast on that day, as they do also on the Lord’s day, which is the day…” — editor's note: S. John i. 14.

“God in that “in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;” man in that “the Word became flesh and dwelt in us.”” — editor's note: Ibid. 14.

“For as it cannot be denied that “the Word became flesh and dwelt in us,” so it cannot be denied that “God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself.”” — editor's note: S. John i. 14.

“All things were made through Him, and without Him was nothing made.”” — editor's note: S. John i. 1–3, 14.

“But, when the evangelist says, “The Word became flesh and dwelt in us,” and the Apostle, “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself,” it was shown that the Only-begotten of the Most High Father entered on such a union…” — editor's note: S. John i. 14.

“In what is it extraordinary that He who “is the Word and was made flesh” confesses His Father to be greater than Himself, when He was seen in glory inferior to the angels, and in form to men?” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“…of his Father;” that they “should honour the Son even as they honour the Father;” and, “We beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father;” and “the only begotten God which is in the bosom of the Father.”” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“XI. “If any man hearing The Word was made Fleshthinks that the Word was transformed into Flesh, or says that He suffered change in taking Flesh: let him be anathema.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the Only-begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” — editor's note: St. John i. 1–14.

“Thus God has brethren according to His flesh, for the Word became flesh and dwelt amongst us: but the Only-begotten Son, unique as the Only-begotten, has no brethren.” — editor's note: St. John i. 14.

“For when Gabriel made announcement to the Blessed Mary who bore Him, the word from on high set out and came, and the word became flesh and dwelt in us.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“Again He said, The Word became a body and dwelt amongst us.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“Let us then aim at the fulfilment of the commandments by the works of the Lord; for the Word Himself also, having openly become flesh, exhibited the same virtue, both practical and contemplative.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

“Now the Word issuing forth was the cause of creation; then also he generated himself, “when the Word had become flesh,” that He might be seen.” — editor's note: John i. 14.

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