John 14:3 (WEB)
If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
Catechism · 2
"I Believe in Life Everlasting"
“To live in heaven is "to be with Christ." the elect live "in Christ,"” — Catechism footnote: Phil 1:23; cf. Jn 14:3; 1 Thess 4:17.
"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.
Fathers and councils · 23
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VI.20Book VI
“…and have lived lives in harmony with them, to go before them to the things that are supra-mundane; for His words are: “That where I go, ye may be also.”” — editor's note: Cf. John xiv. 3.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“Now “if the first-fruits be holy, the lump also is holy.”” — editor's note: Rom. ix. 16. The reference next following may be to S. John xii. 26, or xiv. 3; or to Col. iii. 3.
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Jerome
“…that our Lord was discoursing not of the number of the churches, but of the heavenly mansions, and the eternal tabernacles for which the prophet longed?“In my Father’s house,” He says, “are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.” — editor's note: S. John xiv. 2, 3.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For we shall no more hear, ‘In the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die,’ but ‘Where I am, there ye’ shall ‘be also;’ so that we may say, ‘We are His workmanship, created unto good works.’” — editor's note: John xiv. 3; Eph. ii. 10.
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Ambrose of Milan
“And so He says: “I will come again, and receive you unto Myself;” and further on: “I will that where I am, there ye may be also with Me.”” — editor's note: S. John xiv. 3.
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Some assert, that she asked for spiritual grace, because she had heard Him when with the disciples say, “If I go to the Father, ‘I will ask Him, and He shall give you another Comforter.’” ( c. xiv. 3, 16.)” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
“He is Jechonias [ed. note, k: יכניהו “the Lord establisheth,” also “prepareth.”], that is, ‘preparing,’ or ‘the Lord’s preparation,’ according to that, “If I shall depart, I will also prepare a place for you.” [John 14:3]” — the author cites it
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Aphrahat
“But true is that which our Lord promised us:—Where I am there ye also shall be.” — editor's note: John xiv. 3.
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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…
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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 · 10
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 14:1–4 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.20.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.20.
Cited together in Catechism §1025.
Cited together in Catechism §1025.
Cited together in Catechism §1025.
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:8–11 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:8–11 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:8–11 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:8–11 (5) (Catena Aurea).