John 15:4 (WEB)
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
Catechism · 3
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 Church in God's Plan
“Yet the true vine is Christ who gives life and fruitfulness to the branches, that is, to us, who through the Church remain in Christ, without whom we can do nothing.” — Catechism footnote: LG 6; Cf. 1 Cor 39; Rom 11:13-26; Mt 21:32-43 and parallels; Isa 51-7; Jn 15:1-5.
The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit
- §787Paragraph 2 · The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy SpiritRead at vatican.va
“I am the vine, you are the branches."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 15:4-5.
Fathers and councils · 14
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Thou art made partaker of the Holy Vine.” — editor's note: John xv. 1, 4, 5.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X III.16Conference III
“Especially as the Lord Himself has made this clear in the gospel, saying: “As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, so no more can ye, except ye abide in me.”” — editor's note: S. John xv. 4.
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Basil the Great
“He invites us to produce fruits in abundance, for fear lest our sterility should condemn us to the fire.” — editor's note: cf. S. John xv. 1-6.
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“For Thou hast said, “Abide in me, and I in you.”” — editor's note: Chap. xv. 4.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Having said that they were clean through the word which He had spoken unto them, He now teaches them that they must do their part.
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Abide in Me, and I in you: not they in Him, as He in them; for both are for the profit not of Him, but them. The branches do not confer any advantage upon the vine, but receive their support from it: the vine…
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All the fruit of good works proceeds from this root. He who hath delivered us by His grace, also carries us onward by his help, so that we bring forth more fruit. Wherefore He repeats, and explains what He has said:…
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But lest any should suppose that a branch could bring forth a little fruit of itself, He adds, For without Me ye can do nothing. He does not say, ye can do little. Unless the branch abides in the vine, and lives from…
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The Son then contributes no less than the Father to the help of the disciples. The Father changeth, but the Son keepeth them in Him, which is that which makes the branches fruitful. And again, the cleansing is…
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And men gather them, i. e. the reapers, the Angels, and cast them into the fire, everlasting fire, and they are burned.
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For the branches of the vine are as contemptible, if they abide not in the vine, as they are glorious, if they abide. One of the two the branch must be in, either the vine, or the fire: if it is not in the vine, it…
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Then He shews what it is to abide in Him. If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. It is to be shewn by their works.
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For then may His words be said to abide in us, when we do what He has commanded, and love what He has promised. But when His words abide in the memory, and are not found in the life, the branch is not accounted to be…
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Conferences I–X III.16.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Conferences I–X III.16.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 75.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 75.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 75.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 75.