John 16:13 (WEB)
However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
Catechism · 9
The Paschal Mystery in the Church's Sacraments
“As she has done for the canon of Sacred Scripture and for the doctrine of the faith, the Church, by the power of the Spirit who guides her "into all truth," has gradually recognized this treasure received from Christ and, as the faithful steward of God's mysteries, has determined its "dispensation."” — Catechism footnote: ⇒ Jn 16:13; cf. Mt 13:52; 1 Cor 4:1.
The Sacrament of Confirmation
“On several occasions Christ promised this outpouring of the Spirit,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 12:12; Jn 3:5-8; 7:37-39; 16:7-15; Acts 1:8.
The Father
“At work since creation, having previously "spoken through the prophets", the Spirit will now be with and in the disciples, to teach them and guide them "into all the truth".” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 1:2; Nicene Creed (DS 150); Jn 14:17, 26; 16:13.
The Eighth Commandment
“To follow Jesus is to live in "the Spirit of truth," whom the Father sends in his name and who leads "into all the truth."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 16:13.
In the Fullness of Time
“This new dimension of prayer and of its circumstances is displayed throughout the farewell discourse.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 14:23-26; 15:7, 16; 16:13-15; 16:23-27.
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"
“We know him only in the movement by which he reveals the Word to us and disposes us to welcome him in faith. the Spirit of truth who "unveils" Christ to us "will not speak on his own."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 16:13.
“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.
The Transmission of Divine Revelation
“They have received the anointing of the Holy Spirit, who instructs them and guides them into all truth.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. . Jn 16:13
Fathers and councils · 48
Augustine of Hippo
“And inasmuch as, being reconciled and called back into friendship through love, we shall be able to become acquainted with all the secret things of God, for this reason it is said of the Holy Spirit that “He shall lead you into all truth.”” — editor's note: John xvi. 13
Read the whole comment“For he wished not to be lightly esteemed, but went about trying to persuade men “that the Holy Ghost, the Comforter and Enricher of Thy faithful ones, was with full authority personally resident in him.”” — editor's note: This claim of Manichæus was supported by referring to the Lord’s promise (John xvi. 12, 13) to send the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, to guide the apostles into…
Read the whole comment“…let him look forward to the sight which is promised, in accordance with that earnest which we have received of the Holy Ghost, who shall teach us all truth, when God, who raised up Jesus Christ from the dead, shall also quicken our mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in us.” — editor's note: John xvi. 13.
Read the whole comment“And that place so speaks of the Spirit, as if He alone were altogether sufficient: “When He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth.”” — editor's note: John xvi. 13
Read the whole comment“And except He had immediately gone on to say after this, “All things that the Father hath are mine; therefore said I, that He shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you;” it might, perhaps, have been believed that the Holy Spirit was so born of Christ, as Christ is of the Father.” — editor's note: John xvi. 13–15
Read the whole comment“…the Holy Spirit is anywhere else called an angel, which yet may be understood from His work; for it is said of Him, “And He will show you things to come;” and “angel” in Greek is certainly equivalent to “messenger” in Latin: but we read most evidently of the Lord Jesus Christ in the prophet, that He is called…” — editor's note: John xvi. 13
Read the whole comment“And so the Holy Spirit, of whom the Lord says, “He will teach you all truth,” is signified by this number.” — editor's note: John xvi. 13.
Read the whole comment“Look at the doorkeeper as perhaps the Holy Spirit: about Him the Lord saith to His disciples, “He shall guide you into all truth.”” — editor's note: Chap. xvi. 13.
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Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus II.2Book II
“Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all the truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak.”” — editor's note: John xvi. 12, 13.
Read the whole comment “…when the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, is come, He will teach you all things, and will bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”” — editor's note: Cf. John xvi. 12, 13, and xiv. 26.
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Jerome
“These things are those concerning which our Lord said to the Apostles: “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 12, 13.
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Tertullian
“…God, but at the same time the Interpreter of the Economy, to every one who hears and receives the words of the new prophecy; and “the Leader into all truth,” such as is in the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, according to the mystery of the doctrine of Christ.” — editor's note: John xvi. 13.
Read the whole comment“Accordingly, setting out of the question the confirmer of all such things, the Paraclete, the guide of universal truth, inquire whether there be not a worthier reason adduced among us for the observing of the ninth hour; so that this reason (of ours) must be attributed even to…” — editor's note: John xiv. 26; xvi. 13.
Read the whole comment“…saying, “I still have many things to say unto you, but ye are not yet able to bear them: when the Holy Spirit shall be come, He will lead you into all truth,” He sufficiently, of course, sets before us that He will bring such (teachings) as may be esteemed alike novel, as having never before been published, and…” — editor's note: John xvi. 12, 13. Tertullian’s rendering is not verbatim.
Read the whole comment““Still,” He said, “I have many things to say to you, but ye are not yet able to bear them: when that Spirit of truth shall have come, He will conduct you into all truth, and will report to you the supervening (things).”” — editor's note: John xvi. 12, 13. See de Monog., c. ii.
Read the whole comment“It is only at the last that He instructs them to “go and teach all nations, and baptize them,” when they were so soon to receive “the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, who should guide them into all the truth.”” — editor's note: John xvi. 13.
Read the whole comment“No doubt He had once said, “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot hear them now;” but even then He added, “When He, the Spirit of truth, shall come, He will lead you into all truth.”” — editor's note: John xvi. 12, 13.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Athanasius of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
“(John 16:13.)” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“For it is Jesus Himself, not I, who says, All things are delivered unto Me of My Father; and of the Holy Ghost He says, When He, the Spirit of Truth, shall come, and the rest.…He shall glorify Me; for He shall receive of Mine, and shall shew it unto you.” — editor's note: John xvi. 13, 14.
Read the whole comment“He is called the Spirit of Truth, as the Saviour says, When He, the Spirit of Truth, is come.” — editor's note: John xvi. 13.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…that this exists also in the Holy Spirit, in another place, saying, “For He shall not speak of Himself, but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak,” so that we may learn that whatsoever the Spirit says, the Son also says; and whatsoever the Son says, the Father says also; for there is one mind and one mode…” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 13.
Read the whole comment“And the Holy Spirit also is not deceived, of Whom the Lord says: “But when He, the Spirit of Truth, shall come, He shall lead you into all truth.”” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 13.
Read the whole comment“Whence also the Son of God said concerning the Holy Spirit: “He shall not speak from Himself,” that is, not without the participation of the Father and Myself.” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 13.
Read the whole comment“But when He, the Spirit of Truth, shall come, He will lead you into all truth.”” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 12, 13.
Read the whole comment“Does the Spirit lie Who is the Spirit of Truth? and Whom we have shown to be called the Truth, since John called Him too the Truth, as also the Son?” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 13.
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
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Leo the Great
“…all things and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you;” and again: “When He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He shall guide you into all the Truth.”” — editor's note: Ibid. xvi. 13.
Read the whole comment“All things that the Father hath are Mine: therefore said I that He shall take of Mine, and shall announce it to you.”” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 12–15.
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Basil the Great
“You are therefore to perceive three, the Lord who gives the order, the Word who creates, and the Spirit who confirms.” — editor's note: τὸν στερεοῦντα τὸ πνεῦμα. It is to be noticed here that St. Basil uses the masculine and more personal form in apposition with the neuter πνεῦμα, and not the…
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
“All things whatsoever the Father hath are Mine: therefore said I, He shall receive of Mine and shall declare it unto you.” — editor's note: St. John xvi. 12–15.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord having said above, It is expedient for you that I go away, He enlarges now upon it: I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
All heretics, when their fables are rejected for their extravagance by the common sense of mankind, try to defend themselves by this text; as if these were the things which the disciples could not at this time bear,…
Read the whole comment - Didymus the BlindCatena Aurea on John
Or He means that His hearers had not yet attained to all those things which for His name’s sake they were able to bear: so revealing lesser things, He puts off the greater for a future time, such things as they could…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Having said then, Ye cannot bear them now, but then ye shall be able, and, The Holy Spirit shall lead you into all truth; lest this should make them suppose that the Holy Spirit was the superior, He adds, For He…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
This is like what He said of Himself above, i. e. I can of Mine own Self do nothing; as I hear I judge. But that may be understood of Him as man; how must we understand this of the Holy Ghost, Who never became a…
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He shall not speak of Himself i. e. not without Me, and Mine and the Father’s will: because He is not of Himself, but from the Father and Me. That He exists, and that He speaks, He hath from the Father and Me. I…
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But it does not follow from hence that the Holy Spirit is inferior: for it is only signified that He proceeds from the Father.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Nor let the use of the future tense perplex you: that hearing is eternal, because the knowledge is eternal. To that which is eternal, without beginning, and without end, a verb of any tense may be applied. For though…
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By the Spirit of truth too the knowledge of future events hath been granted to holy men. Prophets filled with this Spirit foretold and saw things to come, as if they were present: And He will shew you things to come.
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It is certain that many filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit have foreknown future events. But as many gifted saints have never had this power, the words, He will shew you things to come, may be taken to mean,…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
In this way then He raised their spirits; for there is nothing for which mankind so long, as the knowledge of the future. He relieves them from all anxiety on this account, by shewing that dangers would not fall upon…
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By pouring love into the hearts of believers, and making them spiritual, and so able to see that the Son Whom they had known before only according to the flesh, and thought a man like themselves, was equal to the…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
And because He had said, Ye have one Master, even Christ, (Mat. 23:8) that they might not be prevented by this from admitting the Holy Ghost as well, He adds, For He shall receive of Mine, and shall shew it unto you.
Read the whole comment - Didymus the BlindCatena Aurea on John
To receive must be taken here in a sense agreeable to the Divine Nature. As the Son in giving is not deprived of what He gives, nor imparts to others with any loss of His own, so too the Holy Ghost does not receive…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
But it is not true, as some heretics have thought, that because the Son receives from the Father, the Holy Ghost from the Son, as if by gradation, that therefore the Holy Ghost is inferior to the Son. He Himself…
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As if He said, Although the Spirit of truth proceeds from the Father, yet all things that the Father hath are Mine, and even the Spirit of the Father is Mine, and receiveth of Mine. But beware, when thou hearest…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord therefore hath not left it uncertain whether the Paraclete be from the Father, or from the Son; for He is sent by the Son, and proceedeth from the Father, both these He receiveth from the Son. You ask…
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