John 15:17 (WEB)
“I command these things to you, that you may love one another.
Catechism · 2
The Liturgy - Work of the Holy Trinity
“In every liturgical action the Holy Spirit is sent in order to bring us into communion with Christ and so to form his Body. the Holy Spirit is like the sap of the Father's vine which bears fruit on its branches.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 15:1-17; Gal 5:22.
The Battle of Prayer
“This I command you, to love one another."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 15:16-17.
Fathers and councils · 15
John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
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Gregory the Great
“(Joh. xv. 16, 17); and he, when he had at once answered that he loved, was told, If thou lovest Me, feed My sheep.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord had said, I have ordained that ye should walk, and bring forth fruit. Love is this fruit. Wherefore He proceeds: These things I command you, that ye love one another. (Gal. 5:22) Hence the Apostle saith: The…
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Or thus: I have said that I lay down My life for you, and that I first chose you. I have said this not by way of reproach, but to induce you to love one another. Then as they were about to suffer persecution and…
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For why should the members exalt themselves above the head? Thou refusest to be in the body, if thou art not willing, with the head, to endure the hatred of the world. For love’s sake let us be patient: the world…
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As if Christ’s suffering were not consolation enough, He consoles them still further by telling them, the hatred of the world would be an evidence of their goodness; so that they ought rather to grieve if they were…
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He saith this to the whole Church, which is often called the world; as, God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself. (2 Cor. 5:19) The whole world then is the Church, and the whole world hateth the Church.…
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For the dispraise of the perverse, is our praise. There is nothing wrong in not pleasing those, who do not please God. For no one can by one and the same act please God, and the enemies of God. He proves himself no…
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Our Lord, in exhorting His servants to bear patiently the hatred of the world, proposes to them an example than which there can be no better and higher one, viz. Himself: Remember the word that I said unto you, The…
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They observed1 it in order to calumniate it, as we read in the Psalms, The ungodly seeth2 the righteous.
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Or thus: If, Me says, they have persecuted your Lord, much more will they persecute you; if they had persecuted Him, but kept His commandments, they would keep yours also.
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As if He said, Ye must not be disturbed at having to share My sufferings; for ye are not better than I.
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The servant is not greater than his Lord. Here the servant is the one who has the purified fear, which abideth for ever.
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Then follows another consolation, viz. that the Father is despised and injured with them: But all these things will they do unto you for My name’s sake, because they know not Him that sent Me.
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All these things, viz. what He had mentioned, that the world would hate them, persecute them, despise their word. For My Name’s sake, i. e. in you they will hate Me, in you persecute Me, your word they will not keep,…
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.6.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 15:17–21 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 15:17–21 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.6.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.6.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 15:17–21 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.6.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.6.