John 15:5 (WEB)
I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
Catechism · 9
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.
Life in Christ
“Following Christ and united with him,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 15:5.
The Ten Commandments
“much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 15:5.
The Battle of Prayer
“In each case, our lack of faith reveals that we do not yet share in the disposition of a humble heart: "Apart from me, you can do nothing."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 15:5.
The Creator
“Still less can a creature attain its ultimate end without the help of God's grace.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 19:26; Jn 15:5; 14:13
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.
The Church is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic
“As "the Son can do nothing of his own accord," but receives everything from the Father who sent him, so those whom Jesus sends can do nothing apart from him,” — Catechism footnote: Jn 5:19, 30; cf. Jn 15:5.
“"Christ, sent by the Father, is the source of the Church's whole apostolate"; thus the fruitfulness of apostolate for ordained ministers as well as for lay people clearly depends on their vital union with Christ.” — Catechism footnote: AA 4; cf. Jn 15:5.
Fathers and councils · 33
Jerome
“And the Lord said to His disciples, “I am the vine and ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me and I in him, the same beareth much fruit, for apart from Me ye can do nothing.”” — editor's note: S. John xv. 5.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
“(John 15:5.)” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Thou art made partaker of the Holy Vine.” — editor's note: John xv. 1, 4, 5.
Read the whole comment“They are drunken, for they have drunk the wine of the spiritual vine, which says, I am the vine and ye are the branches.” — editor's note: John xv. 5.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X III.16Conference III
“And again: “for without me ye can do nothing.”” — editor's note: Ib. ver. 5.
Read the whole comment “As the author of our salvation Himself also says: “If a man abide in me and I in him, the same beareth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.”” — editor's note: S. John xv. 5.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“My Father is the husbandman.’” — editor's note: John xv. 5 and 1
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Ambrose of Milan
“As for the other, it lies herein, that if the Son is the Vine in respect of His eternally-begotten Person, then, He having said: “I am the Vine, ye are the branches,” that divinely-begotten One appears to be of one substance with us.” — editor's note: S. John xv. 5.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For those mountains full of curds that Mountain the Lord shall inhabit even unto the end, that something they may be to whom He saith, “for without Me nothing ye are able to do.”” — editor's note: John xv. 5.
Read the whole comment““I am,” He said, “the living bread, who came down from heaven;” and, “I am the Vine, and ye are the branches.”” — editor's note: John xv. 5.
Read the whole comment“For it is the sentence of God Himself, “Without me ye can do nothing.”” — editor's note: John xv. 5
Read the whole comment“Thus the Lord saith in the Gospel, “I am the Vine, ye are the branches, My Father is the Husbandman.”” — editor's note: John xv. 1, 5.
Read the whole comment“Now we read that miracles were wrought by the disciples, yea rather by the Lord through the disciples; for, “without Me,” He says, “ye can do nothing.”” — editor's note: John xv. 5.
Read the whole comment“For He saith Himself to them, “For without Me, ye can do nothing.”” — editor's note: John xv. 5.
Read the whole comment“And thus He saith to His disciples, “Without Me ye can do nothing.”” — editor's note: John xv. 5.
Read the whole comment“Then mighty deeds were done by His disciples, but He wrought by them as He wrought by Himself: since, indeed, He had said to them, “Without me ye can do nothing.”” — editor's note: John xv. 5.
Read the whole comment“Yes, the Lord had said, “Greater things than these shall ye do;” but let not flesh and blood exalt itself: let such hear Him also saying, “Without me ye can do nothing.”” — editor's note: Chap. xv. 5.
Read the whole comment“But from the same source we can show what others also have done, for the apostle John himself, who preached the very gospel you have been hearing, has said in his epistle, “Just as Christ laid down His life for us, so ought we also to lay down our lives for the brethren.”” — editor's note: Chap. xv. 5.
Read the whole comment“For faith in Christ is to believe in Him that justifieth the ungodly; to believe in the Mediator, without whose interposition we cannot be reconciled unto God; to believe in the Saviour, who came to seek and to save that which was lost; to believe in Him who said, “Without me ye can do nothing.”” — editor's note: Chap. xv. 5.
Read the whole comment“…or man than God, but that by them He Himself would condescend to do these greater works, while telling them in another passage, “Without me ye can do nothing.”” — editor's note: Chap. xv. 5.
Read the whole comment“But that we are also in Him even then, He makes sufficiently clear, when He says, “I am the vine, ye are the branches.”” — editor's note: Chap. xv. 5.
Read the whole comment“And is not that the fruit, whereof He had already said, “Without me ye can do nothing”?” — editor's note: Chap. xv. 5.
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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
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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.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
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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Cited together in Catechism §1694.
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Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.12.
Cited together in Catechism §859.
Cited together in Catechism §308.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Catechism §859.
Cited together in Catechism §859.
Cited together in Catechism §859.
Cited together in Catechism §1694.
Cited together in Catechism §1694.
Cited together in Catechism §1694.
Cited together in Catechism §308 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.12.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.12.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 75.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.12.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in The Institutes XII.9.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.12.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.12.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Conferences I–X III.16.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 75.
Cited together in Catechism §308.
Cited together in Conferences I–X III.16.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 20:9–18 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 20:9–18 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 20:9–18 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 20:9–18 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 20:9–18 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 20:9–18 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 20:9–18 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 20:9–18 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 20:9–18 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §859.
Cited together in Catechism §859.
Cited together in Catechism §1694.
Cited together in Catechism §1694.
Cited together in Catechism §1694.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 75.
Cited together in Catechism §308.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 75.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 75.