John 1:7 (WEB)
The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.
Catechism · 2
The Liturgy - Work of the Holy Trinity
“Communion with the Holy Trinity and fraternal communion are inseparably the fruit of the Spirit in the liturgy.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 1:3-7.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“As the Spirit of truth will also do, John "came to bear witness to the light."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1:7; cf. Jn 15:26; 5:35.
Fathers and councils · 24
Jerome
“In 1 John i. 5, John i. 7, 8, Matt. v. 14, Christ and the Apostles are called the Light of the world.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“And that the soul of man, though it “bears witness of the light,” yet itself “is not that light; but the Word of God, being God, is that true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world.”” — editor's note: Ibid. i. 7, 8.
Read the whole comment“…own intelligence, and from habit drew away my thoughts, withdrawing itself from the crowds of contradictory phantasms; that so it might find out that light by which it was besprinkled, when, without all doubting, it cried out, “that the unchangeable was to be preferred before the changeable;” whence also it knew…” — editor's note: That light which illumines the soul, he tells us in his De Gen. ad Lit. (xii. 31), is God Himself, from whom all light cometh; and, though created in His image…
Read the whole comment“…light, wherewith He enlightens every man that cometh into this world, and in virtue of which He shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehends Him not.” — editor's note: John i. 5–9.
Read the whole comment“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
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Ambrose of Milan
“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.
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John Chrysostom
“Well, but when he goes on to say, that “There was a man sent from God, to bear witness of that Light” ( vers.” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“…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.
Read the whole comment“…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.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“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.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
What is said above, refers to the Divinity of Christ. He came to us in the form of man, but man in such sense, as that the Godhead was concealed within Him. And therefore there was sent before a great man, to declare…
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Not an Angel, as many have held. The Evangelist here refutes such a notion.
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And how could he declare the truth concerning God, unless he were sent from God.
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After this esteem nothing that he says as human; for he speaketh not his own, but his that sent him. And therefore the Prophet calls him a messenger, I send My messenger, (Mal. 3:1) for it is the excellence of a…
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What was he called? whose name was John?
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That is, the grace of God, or one in whom is grace, who by his testimony first made known to the world the grace of the New Testament, that is, Christ. Or John may be taken to mean, to whom it is given: because that…
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Wherefore came he? The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light.
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Some try to undo the testimonies of the Prophets to Christ, by saying that the Son of God had no need of such witnesses; the wholesome words which He uttered and His miraculous acts being sufficient to produce…
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Not because the light wanted the testimony, but for the reason which John himself gives, viz. that all might believe on Him. For as He put on flesh to save all men from death; so He sent before Him a human preacher,…
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He saith not, that all men should believe in him; for, cursed be the man that trusteth in man; (Jer. 17:5) but, that all men through him might believe; i. e. by his testimony believe in the Light.
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Though some however might not believe, he is not accountable for them. When a man shuts himself up in a dark room, so as to receive no light from the sun’s rays, he is the cause of the deprivation, not the sun. In…
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Forasmuch however as with us, the one who witnesses, is commonly a more important, a more trustworthy person, than the one to whom he bears witness, to do away with any such notion in the present case the Evangelist…
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But it will be said, that we do not allow John or any of the saints to be or ever to have been light. The difference is this: If we call any of the saints light, we put light without the article. So if asked whether…
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 5.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 5.
Cited together in Confessions VII.17.
Cited together in Confessions VII.17.
Cited together in Confessions VII.17.
Cited together in Confessions VII.17.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 5.
Cited together in Confessions VII.17.
Cited together in Confessions VII.17.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 1:6–8 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 5.
Cited together in Confessions VII.17.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 5.