John 15:26 (WEB)
“When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
Catechism · 6
The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
“But this same Spirit who brings sin to light is also the Consoler who gives the human heart grace for repentance and conversion.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 15:26; Acts 2:36-38; John Paul II, DeV 27-48.
The Father
“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.
“By confessing the Spirit as he "who proceeds from the Father", it affirms that he comes from the Father through the Son.” — Catechism footnote: Jn 15:26; cf. AG 2.
The Way of Prayer
“Jesus insists on this petition to be made in his name at the very moment when he promises the gift of the Spirit of Truth.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 14:17; 15:26; 16:13.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“As the Spirit of truth will also do, John "came to bear witness to the light."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1:7; cf. Jn 15:26; 5:35.
“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 · 42
Gregory of Nyssa
“For when the Lord said “The Spirit of Truth,” He immediately added “Which proceedeth from the Father,” a fact which the voice of the Lord never asserted of any conceivable thing in creation, not of aught visible or invisible, not of thrones, principalities,…” — editor's note: S. John xv. 26
Read the whole comment“…on three torches (and we will suppose that the third flame is caused by that of the first being transmitted to the middle, and then kindling the end torch), and were to maintain that the heat in the first exceeded that of the others; that that next it showed a variation from it in the direction of the less; and…” — editor's note: “The Ancient Greek Fathers, speaking of this procession, mention the Father only, and never, I think, express the Son, as sticking constantly in this to the…
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“On the other hand, when made man, He said, ‘I will send to you the Paraclete, the Spirit of truth;’ and He sent Him, He, the Word of God, as being faithful.” — editor's note: John xv. 26.
Read the whole comment- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.2Discourse III
“Not then with reference to Him is this said, O Christ’s enemies, but to things foreign to Him and not from Him.” — editor's note: παρά, vid. §24 end, and John xv. 26
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John Damascene
“And only the Holy Spirit proceedeth from the Father’s essence, not having been generated but simply proceeding.” — editor's note: St. John xv. 26.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…with you for ever, even the Spirit of Truth; and again, But when the Comforter is come whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth.” — editor's note: Ib. xv. 26.
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Ambrose of Milan
“And that you may gather that there is no separating difference of majesty, the Son in turn sends the Spirit, even as He Himself hath said: “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send you from My Father—the Spirit of truth, who cometh forth from My Father.”” — editor's note: S. John xv. 26.
Read the whole comment“The Lord said in the Gospel: “When the Paraclete is come, Whom I will send to you from My Father, even the Spirit of Truth which proceedeth from the Father, He shall bear witness of Me.”” — editor's note: S. John xv. 26.
Read the whole comment“But in truth the Holy Spirit is not a minister but a witness of the Son, as the Son Himself said of Him: “He shall bear witness of Me.”” — editor's note: S. John xv. 26.
Read the whole comment“The Seraph comes down with a certain mode of passage according to his nature, but we cannot think this of the Spirit, of Whom the Son of God says: “When the Paraclete shall come, even the Spirit of Truth, Whom I send unto you, Who proceedeth from the Father.”” — editor's note: S. John xv. 26.
Read the whole comment“The Son sent Him, for He said: “But when the Paraclete is come, Whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth.”” — editor's note: S. John xv. 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“These are the “Three Witnesses,” and the Three are One, because of one substance.” — editor's note: John xv. 26.
Read the whole comment“And how can this be, unless according to that which we have said above, “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of me”?” — editor's note: John xv. 26
Read the whole comment“But the Father is not said to be sent, when from time to time He is apprehended by any one, for He has no one of whom to be, or from whom to proceed; since Wisdom says, “I came out of the mouth of the Most High,” and it is said of the Holy Spirit, “He proceedeth from the Father,” but the Father is from no one.” — editor's note: John xv. 26
Read the whole comment“…in that name, but it is apparent when He is called the gift of God; for He is the gift of the Father and of the Son, because “He proceeds from the Father,” as the Lord says; and because that which the apostle says, “Now, if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His,” he says certainly of the Holy…” — editor's note: John xv. 26
Read the whole comment“And here, too, that question comes to light, as it can, which is wont to trouble many, Why the Holy Spirit is not also a son, since He, too, comes forth from the Father, as it is read in the Gospel.” — editor's note: John xv. 26
Read the whole comment“For the Lord hath said of the Holy Spirit that He proceedeth from the Father, and yet he is not a son.” — editor's note: John xv. 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 xv. 26
Read the whole comment“For when, among other things, I had taught them by testimonies of the Holy Scriptures that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both, I continue: “If, then, the Holy Spirit proceeds both from the Father and from the Son, why did the Son say, ‘He proceedeth from the Father?’” — editor's note: John xv. 26
Read the whole comment“…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 xv. 26
Read the whole comment“Now that He is the Spirit of the Father, the Son Himself saith, “He proceedeth from the Father.”” — editor's note: John xv. 26.
Read the whole comment“If, then, the Holy Spirit proceedeth both from the Father and from the Son, why said the Son, “He proceedeth from the Father”?” — editor's note: Chap. xv. 26.
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John Chrysostom
“And again, “He shall testify of Me” ( John xv. 26 ), speaking of the Comforter.” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“…which a certain votary of Montanus has assailed you, passages in which our Saviour promises that He will go to the Father, and that He will send the Paraclete—as regards these, the Acts of the Apostles inform us both for what time the promises were made, and at what time they were actually fulfilled.” — editor's note: Joh. xiv. 28; xv. 26.
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Tertullian
“Or if, again, (the pseudo-prophetic spirit) has been eager to affect this (sentiment) in accordance with “the Spirit of truth,” it follows that “the Spirit of truth” has indeed the power of indulgently granting pardon to fornicators, but wills not to do it if it involve evil to the majority.” — editor's note: Comp. John xv. 26.
Read the whole comment“…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, permitting the churches for a time to understand differently, (and) to…” — editor's note: John xv. 26.
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Basil the Great
“It is called “Spirit of God,” “Spirit of truth which proceedeth from the Father,” “right Spirit,” “a leading Spirit.”” — editor's note: John xv. 26.
Read the whole comment“…the Word is He who “was with God in the beginning” and “was God,” and the Spirit of the mouth of God is “the Spirit of truth which proceedeth from the Father.”” — editor's note: John xv. 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“He is called upright, as “the Lord is upright,” in that He is Himself truth, and is Himself Righteousness, having no divergence nor leaning to one side or to the other, on account of the immutability of His substance.” — editor's note: John xiv. 17; xv. 26; xvi. 13; 1 John v. 6.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Moreover, let them listen to the testimony of the Son as touching the unity of nature between Himself and the Father, for He says, When that advocate is come, Whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth Who proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me.” — editor's note: Ib. xv. 26.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Or perhaps you have taken that word out of your Gospels for the sake of your Third Testament, The Holy Ghost, which proceedeth from the Father; Who, inasmuch as He proceedeth from That Source, is no Creature; and inasmuch as He is not Begotten is no Son; and inasmuch as He is between the Unbegotten and…” — editor's note: John xv. 26. “It did not fall within this Father’s (Greg. Naz.) province to develop the doctrine of the Procession. He is content to shew that the Spirit was…
Read the whole comment“And these two matters do not divide the Substance, as I understand it, but rather are divisions within the Substance.” — editor's note: Job xxxviii. 4, Ps. v. 10, xxxvi., cxxxix. 7–15, cxlii., Isa. xi. 1–3, xlviii. 16, Mal. iii. 6, Wisd. i. 2, John i. 14, iii. 24, xv. 26, xvi. 14, 15, Acts…
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
The disciples might say, If they have heard words from Thee, such as none other hath spoken, if they have seen works of Him, such as none other hath done, and yet have not been convinced, but have hated Thy Father,…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
As if He said, Seeing Me, they hated and killed Me: but the Comforter shall give such testimony concerning Me, as shall make them believe, though they see Me not. And because He shall testify, ye shall testify also:…
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The Holy Spirit He calls the Comforter, a name taken from His office, which is not only to relieve the sorrows of the faithful, but to fill them with unspeakable joy. Everlasting gladness is in those hearts, in which…
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He calls Him not the Holy Spirit, but the Spirit of truth, to shew the perfect faith that was due to Him. He knew that He proceedeth from the Father, for He knew all things; He knew where He Himself came from, as He…
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He does not say, from God, or, from the Almighty, but, from the Father: because though the Father and God Almighty are the same, yet the Spirit of truth properly proceeds from God, as the Father, the Begetter. The…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
Elsewhere He says that the Father sends the Spirit; now He says He does: Whom I will send unto you; thus declaring the equality of the Father and the Son. That He might not be thought however to be opposed to the…
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If it be asked here whether the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Son also, we may answer thus: The Son is the Son of the Father alone, and the Father is the Father of the Son only; but the Holy Spirit is not the Spirit…
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