John 10:1 (WEB)
“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.
Catechism · 1
“It is also the flock of which God himself foretold that he would be the shepherd, and whose sheep, even though governed by human shepherds, are unfailingly nourished and led by Christ himself, the Good Shepherd and Prince of Shepherds, who gave his life for his sheep.” — Catechism footnote: LG 6; Cf. Jn 10:1-10; Isa 40:11; Ezek 34:11-31; Jn 10:11; 1 Pet 5:4; Jn 10:11-16.
Fathers and councils · 24
Gregory the Great
“The Truth also in person says, He that entereth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber; but he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep (Joh. x. 1).” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“…even from the stones have flocked unto Abraham: sheep which were not of this fold, have flocked unto him, that there might be one flock, and one shepherd; the faith of all nations was added, and the number grew, not only of wise priests, but of obedient peoples; the Lord increasing not only their fathers more and…” — editor's note: John x. 1–16, 28, 29.
Read the whole comment“Ye heard when the Gospel was being read, “He that entereth in by Door, is the shepherd; but he that goeth up another way, is a thief and a robber; and he seeketh to disperse, and to scatter, and to spoil.”” — editor's note: John x. 1, etc.
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John Chrysostom
“Chap. x. ver. 1.” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Compassionate, sympathetic, snatching many a treasure from moths and robbers, and from the prince of this world, to transfer it from their sojourn here to the [true] habitation, laying up in store for their children the heavenly splendour as their greatest inheritance.” — editor's note: S. Matt. vi. 19: S. John x. 1.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Then the Lord says in explanation, “I am the door of the sheep.”” — editor's note: John x. 1–3, 7.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord having reproached the Jews with blindness, they might have said, We are not blind, but we avoid Thee as a deceiver. Our Lord therefore gives the marks which distinguish a robber and deceiver from a true…
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Or thus: Many go under the name of good men according to the standard of the world, and observe in some sort the commandments of the Law, who yet are not Christians. And these generally boast of themselves, as the…
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You have seen His description of a robber, now see that of the Shepherd: But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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He enters by the door, who enters by Christ, who imitates the suffering of Christ, who is acquainted with the humility of Christ, so as to feel and know, that if God became man for us, man should not think himself…
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The porter perhaps is Moses; for to him the oracles of God were committed.
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Or, the Holy Spirit is the porter, by whom the Scriptures are unlocked, and reveal the truth to us.
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Or, the porter is our Lord Himself; for there is much less difference between a door and a porter, than between a door and a shepherd. And He has called Himself both the door and the shepherd. Why then not the door…
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As they had called Him a deceiver, and appealed to their own unbelief as the proof of it; (Which of the rulers believeth on Him?) He shews here that it was because they refused to hear Him, that they were put out of…
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He knew the names of the predestinated; as He saith to His disciples, Rejoice that your names are written in heaven. (Luke 19:14) And leadeth them out.
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He led out the sheep, when He sent them not out of the reach of, but into the midst of, the wolves. There seems to be a secret allusion to the blind man. He called him out of the midst of the Jews; and he heard His…
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And who is He who leads them out, but the Same who loosens the chain of their sins, that they may follow Him with free unfettered step?
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And when He putteth forth His own sheep, He goeth before them, He leadeth them out from the darkness of ignorance into light, while He goeth before in the pillar of cloud, and fire.
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Shepherds always go behind their sheep; but He, on the contrary, goes before, to shew that He would lead all to the truth.
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And who is this that goeth before the sheep, but He who being raised from the dead, dieth no more; (Rom. 6:9) and who said, Father, I will also that they, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am? (Infra 17:24)…
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The strangers are Theudas, and Judas, and the false apostles who came after Christ. That He might not appear one of this number, He gives many marks of difference between Him and them. First, Christ brought men to…
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He alludes to Antichrist, who shall deceive for a time, but lose all his followers when he dies.
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But here is a difficulty. Sometimes they who are not sheep hear Christ’s voice; for Judas heard, who was a wolf. And sometimes the sheep hear Him not; for they who crucified Christ heard not; yet some of them were…
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.25.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.17.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.25.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.17.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.17.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.17.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:1–5 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:1–5 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.