John 14:26 (WEB)
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
Catechism · 6
The Liturgy - Work of the Holy Trinity
“Primarily in the Eucharist, and by analogy in the other sacraments, the liturgy is the memorial of the mystery of salvation. the Holy Spirit is the Church's living memory.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 14:26.
The Father
“At work since creation, having previously "spoken through the prophets", the Spirit will now be with and in the disciples, to teach them and guide them "into all the truth".” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 1:2; Nicene Creed (DS 150); Jn 14:17, 26; 16:13.
“The eternal origin of the Holy Spirit is revealed in his mission in time. the Spirit is sent to the apostles and to the Church both by the Father in the name of the Son, and by the Son in person, once he had returned to the Father.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 14:26; 15:26; 16:14.
In the Fullness of Time
“This new dimension of prayer and of its circumstances is displayed throughout the farewell discourse.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 14:23-26; 15:7, 16; 16:13-15; 16:23-27.
In the Age of the Church
“The Spirit who teaches the Church and recalls for her everything that Jesus said” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 14:26.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“Only when the hour has arrived for his glorification does Jesus promise the coming of the Holy Spirit, since his Death and Resurrection will fulfill the promise made to the fathers.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 14:16-17, 26; 15:26; 16:7-15; 17:26.
Fathers and councils · 52
Athanasius of Alexandria
“…the Son and Word are the same; and as the Saviour says concerning the Spirit, ‘But the Paraclete which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My Name,’ speaking of One and Same, and not distinguishing, so John describes similarly when he says, ‘And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His…” — editor's note: Ib. xiv. 26.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…Saviour said, He shall teach you all things (and He said not only, He shall teach, but also, He shall bring to your remembrance whatever I have said unto you; for the teachings of Christ and of the Holy Ghost are not different, but the same)—He, I say, testified before to Paul what things should befall him, that he…” — editor's note: John xiv. 26.
Read the whole comment“For that the Holy Spirit and the Comforter are the same, is declared in those words, But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost; and that the Comforter is the same as the Spirit of Truth, is declared, when it is said, And I will give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for…” — editor's note: John xiv. 26.
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Origen
“…when the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, is come, He will teach you all things, and will bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”” — editor's note: Cf. John xvi. 12, 13, and xiv. 26.
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Ambrose of Milan
“That this same Comforter is also to be sent by the Father He has already taught, saying, “But the Comforter, that Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name.”” — editor's note: S. John xiv. 26.
Read the whole comment“But since the Name of the Father and of the Son is one, learn that the same is the Name of the Holy Spirit also, since the Holy Spirit came in the Name of the Son, as it is written: “But the Paraclete, even the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My Name, He shall teach you all things.”” — editor's note: S. John xiv. 26.
Read the whole comment“So both the Father and the Spirit sent the Son; the Father sent Him, for it is written: “But the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My Name.”” — editor's note: S. John xiv. 26.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Observe, then, how Luke has here referred to that promise of the Holy Spirit which we do not elsewhere find made by the Lord, save in John’s Gospel.” — editor's note: John xiv. 26, xv. 26.
Read the whole comment“He did not say, We will send; but in such way as if the Son only should send Him, and not the Father; while yet He says in another place, “These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you; but the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things.”” — editor's note: John xiv. 25, 26
Read the whole comment“…being sent by the Father; and the Father is also greater than the Holy Spirit, because Jesus has said of the Spirit, “Whom the Father will send in my name;” and the Holy Spirit is less than both, because both the Father sends Him, as we have said, and the Son, when He says, “But if I depart, I will send Him unto…” — editor's note: John xiv. 26
Read the whole comment“That then which the Lord says,—“Whom I will send unto you from the Father,”—shows the Spirit to be both of the Father and of the Son; because, also, when He had said, “Whom the Father will send,” He added also, “in my name.”” — editor's note: John xiv. 26
Read the whole comment“And it is proved by many other testimonies of the Divine Word, that the Spirit, who is specially called in the Trinity the Holy Spirit, is of the Father and of the Son: of whom likewise the Son Himself says, “Whom I will send unto you from the Father;” and in another place, “Whom the Father will send in my name.”” — editor's note: John xiv. 26
Read the whole comment“…should not read in the book of truth, “God sent His Son;” nor wouldest Thou, O Only-begotten, say of the Holy Spirit, “Whom the Father will send in my name;” and, “Whom I will send to you from the Father.”” — editor's note: John xiv. 26
Read the whole comment“And therefore was it “In the Name of Jesus Christ;” because when He promised the same Holy Ghost; He said, “Whom the Father will send in My Name.”” — editor's note: John xiv. 26.
Read the whole comment“But the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”” — editor's note: Chap. xiv. 25, 26.
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John Chrysostom
“Wherefore also Christ said, “When He cometh, He will bring all things to your remembrance, and He shall teach you.” ( John xiv. 26.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““He,” saith Jesus, “shall bring all things to your remembrance.” ( c. xiv. 26.)” — the author cites it
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Read the whole comment“For since He had told them, that “‘He shall teach you, and bring to your remembrance’ ( c. xiv. 26 ), and shall comfort you in your afflictions,” (which He Himself did not,) and that “it is expedient for you that I should depart” ( ver. 7 ), and…” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For neither to the apostles did God give anything in writing, but instead of written words He promised that He would give them the grace of the Spirit: for “He,” saith our Lord, “shall bring all things to your remembrance.”” — editor's note: John xiv. 26.
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Basil the Great
“It is the Spirit that teaches.” — editor's note: John xiv. 26.
Read the whole comment“And as Paraclete He expresses in Himself the goodness of the Paraclete who sent Him, and in His own dignity manifests the majesty of Him from whom He proceeded.” — editor's note: παράκλητος occurs five times in the N.T., and is rendered in A.V. in John xiv. 16 and 26, xv. 26 and xvi. 7, Comforter; in 1 John ii. 1 Advocate, as applied to…
Read the whole comment“Thus when you hear that when the Comforter is come, He will put you in remembrance, and “guide you into all truth,” do not misrepresent the meaning.” — editor's note: John xvi. 13. cf. xiv. 26.
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Leo the Great
“…Comforter which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you;” and again: “When He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He shall guide you into all the Truth.”” — editor's note: Ibid. 26.
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Tertullian
“Accordingly, setting out of the question the confirmer of all such things, the Paraclete, the guide of universal truth, inquire whether there be not a worthier reason adduced among us for the observing of the ninth hour; so that this reason (of ours) must be attributed even to…” — editor's note: John xiv. 26; xvi. 13.
Read the whole comment“But above, withal, He made a declaration concerning this His work.” — editor's note: See John xiv. 26.
Read the whole comment“…mistaken in giving his testimony; that the Holy Ghost had no such respect to any one (church) as to lead it into truth, although sent with this view by Christ, and for this asked of the Father that He might be the teacher of truth; grant, also, that He, the Steward of God, the Vicar of Christ, neglected His office,…” — editor's note: John xiv. 26.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“And again He said that all things should be taught us by the Spirit when He should come to dwell amongst us.” — editor's note: Ib. xiv. 26.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Now that the Saviour has taught the apostles, the unwritten rendering of the written [Scripture] has been handed down also to us, inscribed by the power of God on hearts new, according to the renovation of the book.” — editor's note: [In the walk to Emmaus, and by the Spirit bringing all things to remembrance. John xiv. 26.]
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord having said, A little while, and the world seeth Me no more: but ye shall see Me: Judas, not the traitor named Scariot, but he whose Epistle is read among the Canonical Scriptures, asks His meaning: Judas…
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If thou wouldest prove thy love, shew thy works. The love of God is never idle; whenever it is, it doeth great things: if it do not work, it is not.
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Love distinguishes the saints from the world: it maketh men to be of one mind in an house; in which house the Father and the Son take their abode; who give that love to those, to whom in the end they will manifest…
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Into some hearts He cometh, but not to make His abode with them. For some feel compunction for a season and turn to God, but in time of temptation forget that which gave them compunction, and return to their former…
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But while the Father and the Son make Their abode with the loving soul, is the Holy Spirit excluded? What meaneth that which is said of the Holy Spirit above: He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you, but that the…
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In proportion as a man’s love rests upon lower things, in that proportion is he removed from heavenly love: He that loveth Me not, keepeth not My sayings. To the love then of our Maker, let the tongue, mind, life…
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Or thus: Judas thought that he should see Him, as we see the dead in sleep: How is it, that Thou wilt manifest Thyself unto us, and not unto the world? meaning, Alas, as Thou art to die, Thou wilt appear to us but as…
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And perhaps there is a distinction at bottom, since He speaks of His sayings, when they are His own, in the plural number; as when He says, He that loveth Me not, keepeth not My sayings: when they are not His own,…
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These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. Some of these things were obscure, and not understood by the disciples.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
The abode He promised them hereafter is altogether a different one from this present abode He now speaks of. The one is spiritual and inward, the other outward, and perceptible to the bodily sight and hearing.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
To enable them to sustain His bodily departure more cheerfully, He promises that that departure shall be the source of great benefit; for that while He was then in the body, they could never know much, because the…
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Paraclete is Advocate, or Comforter. The Advocate then intercedes with the Father for sinners, when by His inward power He moves the sinner to pray for himself. The Comforter relieves the sorrow of penitents, and…
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He often calls Him the Comforter, in allusion to the affliction in which they then were.
Read the whole comment - Didymus the BlindCatena Aurea on John
The Saviour affirms that the Holy Spirit is sent by the Father, in His, the Saviour’s, name; which name is the Son. Here an agreement of nature and propriety1, so to speak, of persons is shewn. The Son can come in…
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Unless the Spirit be present to the mind of the hearer, the word of the teacher is vain. Let none then attribute to the human teacher, the understanding which follows in consequence of his teaching: for unless there…
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So then the Son speaks, the Holy Spirit teaches: when the Son speaks we take in the words, when the Holy Spirit teaches, we understand those words. The whole Trinity indeed both speaks and teaches, but unless each…
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But why is it said of the Spirit, He shall suggest2 all things to you: to suggest being the office of an inferior? The word is used here, as it is used sometimes, in the sense of supplying secretly. The invisible…
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Suggest, i. e. bring to your remembrance. Every wholesome hint to remember that we receive is of the grace of the Spirit.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
The Holy Spirit then was both to teach and to bring to remembrance: to teach what Christ had forborne to tell His disciples, because they were not able to bear it; to bring to remembrance what Christ had told them,…
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Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: He says this to console His disciples, who were now troubled at the prospect of the hatred and opposition which awaited them after His departure.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
He left no peace in this world; in which we conquer the enemy, and have love one to another: He will give us peace in the world to come, when we shall reign without an enemy, and where we shall be able to avoid…
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External peace is often even hurtful, rather than profitable to those who enjoy it.
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But there is a peace which is serenity of thought, tranquillity of mind, simplicity of heart, the bond of love, the fellowship of charity. None will be able to come to the inheritance of the Lord who do not observe…
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Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 104.
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Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.1.
Cited together in Catechism §244.