John 14:2 (WEB)
In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
Catechism · 2
"Our Father Who Art in Heaven"
“Jn Christ, then, heaven and earth are reconciled, for the Son alone "descended from heaven" and causes us to ascend there with him, by his Cross, Resurrection, and Ascension.” — Catechism footnote: Jn 3:13; 12:32; 14 2-3; 16:28; 20:17; Eph 4:9-10; Heb 1:3; ⇒ 2:13.
"He Ascended into Heaven and is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father"
- §661Article 6 · "He Ascended into Heaven and is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father"Read at vatican.va
“Left to its own natural powers humanity does not have access to the "Father's house", to God's life and happiness.” — Catechism footnote: Jn 14:2.
Fathers and councils · 32
Irenaeus of Lyons
“For there are many mansions in the Father’s house, inasmuch as there are also many members in the body.” — editor's note: John xiv. 2.
Read the whole comment“…the second will dwell in paradise, the last will inhabit the city; and that was on this account the Lord declared, “In My Father’s house are many mansions.”” — editor's note: John xiv. 2.
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Jerome
“And if our Lord says, “In my Father’s house are many mansions,” His meaning is not that there are different mansions in the kingdom of heaven, but He indicates the number of Churches in the whole world, for though the Church be seven-fold she is but one.” — editor's note: S. John xiv. 2.
Read the whole comment“For “in my Father’s house are many mansions,” and “one star differeth from another star in glory.”” — editor's note: John xiv. 2.
Read the whole comment“In our father’s house are many mansions.” — editor's note: Joh. xiv. 2.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
“He who sits at His Father’s right hand, finds no room in an inn, that He might prepare for us in His Father’s house many mansions; (John 14:2.)” — the author cites it
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XI.12Conference XI
“For the Saviour says that in His Father’s house are “many mansions,” and although all the stars seem to be in the sky, yet there is a mighty difference between the brightness of the sun and of the moon, and between that of the morning star and the rest of the stars.” — editor's note: S. John xiv. 2.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Those mansions not as though to sojourners He will give, but as though to citizens to abide for everlasting.” — editor's note: John xiv. 2.
Read the whole comment“In my Father’s house are many mansions;” and so forth.” — editor's note: John xiv. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“…to all; but, because in that life eternal itself the lights of merits shall shine with a distinction, there are “many mansions” in the house of the Father: and, by this means, in the penny not unlike, one lives not longer than another; but in the many mansions, one is honored with greater brightness than another.” — editor's note: John xiv. 2
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“To this intent He hath prepared many mansions with the Father, so that although the dwelling-place is various in proportion to the advance in moral attainment, yet all of us are within the wall, and all of us enter within the same fence, the adversary being cast out, and all his host expelled thence.” — editor's note: John xiv. 2.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Both are very applicable to the Lord Christ, who declares, “I am the resurrection, and the life;” [John 11:25] and, “I go to prepare a place for you.” [John 14:2]” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“For, He says, “in My Father’s House are many mansions.” ( John xiv. 2.)” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“…God shall be together; since we shall all be with the one God—albeit the wages be various, albeit there be “many mansions”, in the house of the same Father having laboured for the “one penny” of the self-same hire, that is, of eternal life; in which (eternal life) God will still less separate them whom He has…” — editor's note: Comp. John xiv. 2.
Read the whole comment“Just as the Lord also promises us many mansions as of a house in His Father’s home; although this may possibly be understood of the domicile of this world, on the dissolution of whose fabric an eternal abode is promised in heaven, inasmuch as…” — editor's note: John xiv. 2.
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Basil the Great
“For among the glories of the saints are “many mansions” in the Father’s house, that is differences of dignities: for as “star differeth from star in glory, so also is the resurrection of the dead.”” — editor's note: παρὰ τῷ πατρί, (=chez le Père,) with little or no change of meaning, for ἐν τῇ οἰκί& 139· τοῦ πατρός μου. John xiv. 2.
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Aphrahat
“But come thou to our Redeemer, Who said:—Many are the mansions in My Father’s house.” — editor's note: John xiv. 2.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord consoles His disciples, who, as men, would be naturally alarmed and troubled at the idea of His death, by assuring them of His divinity: Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me;…
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Faith too in Me, and in the Father that begat Me, is more powerful than any thing that shall come upon you; and will prevail in spite of all difficulties. He shews His divinity at the same time by discerning their…
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And as the disciples were afraid for themselves, when Peter, the boldest and most zealous of them, had been told, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied Me thrice, He adds, In My Father’s house are many…
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The many mansions agree with the one penny, because, though one may rejoice more than another, yet all rejoice with one and the same joy, arising from the vision of their Maker.
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And thus God will be all in all; that is, since God is love, love will bring it to pass, that what each has, will be common to all. That which one loves in another is one’s own, though one have it not one’s self. And…
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Nor is there any sense of deficiency in consequence of such inequality; for each will feel as much as sufficeth for himself.
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But they are rejected by the Christians, who infer from there being many mansions that there is a place outside the kingdom of heaven, where innocent souls, that have departed this life without baptism, and could not…
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Or thus: Our Lord having said above to Peter, Whither I go, thou canst not follow Me now, but thou shalt follow Me afterwards, that they might not think that this promise was made to Peter only, He says, In My…
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He means evidently that there are already many mansions, and that there is no need of His preparing one.
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Having said, Thou canst not follow Me now, that they might not think that they were cut off for ever, He adds: And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto Myself, that where I am,…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
And if not, I would have told you: I go to prepare, &c. As if He said; Either way ye should not be troubled, whether places are prepared for you, or not. For, if they are not prepared, I will very quickly prepare them.
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But why does He go and prepare a place, if there are many mansions already? Because these are not as yet so prepared as they will be. The same mansions that He hath prepared by predestination, He prepares by…
Read the whole comment - Alcuin of YorkCatena Aurea on John
He says then, If I go, by the absence of the flesh, I shall come again, by the presence of the Godhead; or, I shall come again to judge the quick and dead. And as He knew that they would ask whither He went, or by…
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He shews them that He is aware of their curiosity to know His meaning, and thus excites them to put questions to Him.
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Cross-references · 25
Cited together in Catechism §661.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 26.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 41.
Cited together in Catechism §661.
Cited together in Catechism §661.
Cited together in Catechism §661.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 26.
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 26.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Bede on Luke 2:6–7 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Catechism §661.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).