John 16:15 (WEB)
All things that the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine and will declare it to you.
Catechism · 4
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.
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.
"Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary"
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“The mission of the Holy Spirit is always conjoined and ordered to that of the Son.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 16:14-15.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“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 · 63
Gregory of Nyssa
“The words are, ‘The Father hath that which is the Son’s,’ and so a carping critic will have no authority for finding in the contents of the word “all” the ungeneracy of the Son, when it is said that the Son has all…” — editor's note: John xvi. 15. Oehler conjectures these words (῎Εχει ὁ πατὴρ) are to be repeated; and thus obtains a good sense, which the common reading, ὁ πατὴρ εἶπον, does…
Read the whole comment“How then are we to dispose of the utterances of the Truth,—one which tells us that He shall be seen in the glory of the Father, and another which says, “All things that the Father hath are Mine”?” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 15
Read the whole comment“…Him Who is “God over all,” Who is so entitled by S. Paul,—our Lord Jesus Christ, Who, as He Himself says, holding in His hand “all things that the Father hath,” assuredly grasps all things in the all-containing hollow of His hand and is sovereign over what He has grasped, and no man taketh from the hand of Him Who in…” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 15
Read the whole comment“He, therefore, Who hath all things that are the Father’s, and is contemplated in all the glory of the Father, even as, being in the endlessness of the Father, He has no end, so, being in the unoriginateness of the…” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 15
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Tertullian
““All things,” says He, “which the Father hath are mine.”” — editor's note: John xvi. 15.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“Sitting then on the right, yet He does not place His Father on the left; but whatever is right and precious in the Father, that also the Son has, and says, ‘All things that the Father hath are Mine.’” — editor's note: John xvi. 15.
Read the whole comment“For He ever was and is, as Son, so also Lord and Sovereign of all, being like in all things to the Father, and having all that is the Father’s as He Himself has said.” — editor's note: Vid. John xvi. 15
Read the whole comment“…to be God, and is Lord of armies, and in authority, and Almighty, as the Father is; for He has said Himself, ‘All things that the Father hath, are Mine.’” — editor's note: John xvi. 15.
Read the whole comment- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.1Discourse III
“For ‘all things,’ says the Son Himself, ‘whatsoever the Father hath, are Mine;’ and again, ‘And Mine are Thine.’” — editor's note: John xvi. 15; xvii. 10.
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“…had not He eternally what the Father has, who is the Only Word and Wisdom of the Father in essence, who also says, ‘All that the Father hath are Mine,’ and what are Mine, are the Father’s? for if the things of the Father are the Son’s and the Father hath them ever, it is plain that what the Son hath, being…” — editor's note: John xvi. 15; xvii. 10.
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“And again, if all that is the Father’s, is the Son’s (and this He Himself has said), and it is the Father’s attribute to know the day, it is plain that the Son too knows it, having this proper to Him from the Father.” — editor's note: John xvi. 15.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“All things that the Father hath are mine; therefore said I, That He shall take of Mine, and shall announce it unto you.” — editor's note: Ib. v. 12–15.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XI.7Conference XI
“…worthy to receive the image and likeness of our heavenly Father, and be able to say after the likeness of the true son: “All that the Father hath is mine.”” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 15.
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“…all things which belong to the eternal Father, and asserts in heart and soul after the fashion of that true Son: “All things that the Father hath are mine;” and if no longer tried by that criminal anxiety in distractions and cares, but free from care and glad at heart he succeeds everywhere to his own, hearing…” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 15.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
- Theodoret of Cyrus, Dialogues (Eranistes) Demonstrations by.3Demonstrations by Syllogisms
““All things that the Father hath are mine” says the Master Christ, and one out of all is impassibility.” — editor's note: John xvi. 15
Read the whole comment “This our Lord taught when He said to Philip “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father” and again in another place “All things that the Father hath are mine,” and elsewhere “I and the Father are one,” and very many other passages may be quoted setting forth the identity of substance.” — editor's note: John xvi. 15
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Ambrose of Milan
“Indeed, seeing that He hath said, “All things that the Father hath are Mine,” nothing of a certainty being excepted, the Son hath the same will that the Father hath.” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 15.
Read the whole comment“What mean these words “hear ye Him,” if not “Hear Him when He saith: ‘All things that the Father hath are Mine’”?” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 15; xvii. 10.
Read the whole comment“In virtue of this likeness Christ said: “All things that the Father hath are Mine.”” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 15.
Read the whole comment“Deny God, then, if all things proper to God are not given to the Son, for whereas He has said, “All things that the Father hath are Mine,” why not acknowledge that all the properties and attributes of Divinity are in the Son [as they are in the Father]?” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 15.
Read the whole comment“…as to seem to make Him, contrary to all right belief, the source of His Father’s Power, though the Son saith, “All things that the Father hath are Mine”—that is to say, not the things which He has bestowed upon the Father, but which He has received from the Father, by right as the Son Whom the Father has…” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 15.
Read the whole comment“He has received all things from the Father by right of His Generation, and has shown forth the Father wholly by the glory of His Majesty.” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 15.
Read the whole comment“Can I say there is anything more or less between Thee and Thy Son when He Himself Who was begotten of Thee, says: “All things which the Father hath are Mine.”” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 15.
Read the whole comment“For this Image is not separated from the Father, which indeed has taught me the unity of the Trinity, saying: “I and My Father are One,” and again: “All things that the Father hath are Mine.”” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 15.
Read the whole comment“And from this it is seen how foolish they are who deny that the Son of God is good, when they cannot deny that the Spirit of Christ is good, of Whom the Son of God says: “Therefore said I that He shall receive of Mine.”” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 15.
Read the whole comment“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: S. John xvi. 14, 15.
Read the whole comment“For if that be true, as it is, which the Son said: “All things which the Father hath are Mine,” and the Son according to the Godhead is One with the Father, One by natural substance, not according to the Sabellian falsehood; that which is one by the…” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 15.
Read the whole comment“So, then, the Spirit has that which Christ has, and therefore what God has, for all things which the Father has the Son also has, and therefore He said: “All things which the Father hath are Mine.”” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 15.
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John Chrysostom
“For, “All things,” He saith, “which the Father hath are Mine.” ( c. xvi. 15.)” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
“He could not say what is false Who said “All things that the Father hath are Mine,” but one of the things which the Father hath is knowledge of that day and of that hour.” — editor's note: John xvi. 15.
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Augustine of Hippo
“If the Father hath aught that the Son hath not, the Son lieth in saying, “All things that the Father hath, are Mine.”” — editor's note: John xvi. 15
Read the whole comment““It is not mine,” He says, “to give;” that is, I do not give these things by human power, but “to those for whom it is prepared by my Father;” but then take care you understand also, that if “all things which the Father hath are mine,” then this certainly is mine also, and I with the Father have prepared these things.” — editor's note: John xvi. 15
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“So then thou hast heard the cause, why he is “blessed,” and why he is “Peter.”” — editor's note: John xvi. 15.
Read the whole comment“What is that He saith, “All things that the Father hath are Mine.”” — editor's note: John xvi. 15.
Read the whole comment“But if his blessedness came from the Lord’s own working, from whose [working] came he to be Satan?” — editor's note: Chap. xvi. 15.
Read the whole comment“But when He says, speaking of the Holy Ghost, “All things that the Father hath are mine; therefore said I, that He shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you,” He referred to those things which concern the actual deity of the Father, and in which He is equal to Him, in having all that He has.” — editor's note: Chap. xvi. 15.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Nor is there a portion of the Father resident in the Son, for the Son bears witness, All things that the Father hath are Mine, and again, And all things that are Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine, and the Apostle testifies, For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily;…” — editor's note: Ib. xvi. 15.
Read the whole comment“He had often heard such words as, I and the Father are One, and, All things that the Father hath are Mine, and, I in the Father and the Father in Me; and now he can confess that the name of God expresses the nature of Christ, without peril to the faith.” — editor's note: St. John x. 30, xvi. 15, xiv. 11.
Read the whole comment“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.
Read the whole comment“We have thus, it seems to me, more than answered the irreverence of those who refer to a unity or agreement of will such words of the Lord as, He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father, or, The Father is in Me and I in the Father, or, I and the Father are One, or, All things whatsoever the Father hath are Mine.” — editor's note: Ib. xvi. 15.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“For all things that the Father hath are the Son’s; and on the other hand, all that belongs to the Son is the Father’s.” — editor's note: Ib. xvi. 15.
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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Leo the Great
“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.
Read the whole comment“…of ungodly heretics, which flatters itself over its crooked interpretation of this sentence, and when the Lord says, “All things that the Father hath are Mine,” does not understand that it takes away from the Father whatever it dares to deny to the Son, and is so foolish in matters even which are human as to think,…” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 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.
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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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Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 17.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.14.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 75 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.7 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 75 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.19 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.8.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.8 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.1.
Cited together in Dialogues (Eranistes) Demonstrations by.3.
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Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.8.
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Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.8.
Cited together in Against Eunomius I.37 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.16.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.26.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.26.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.8.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.26.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.26.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.19.
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Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.19 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.16.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.6.
Cited together in Dialogues (Eranistes) Demonstrations by.3.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.26.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.26.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.19.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.19.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.7.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.7.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.7.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 107.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.6 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.19.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.19 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.14.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.16.
Cited together in Dialogues (Eranistes) Demonstrations by.3.
Cited together in Dialogues (Eranistes) Demonstrations by.3.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.19 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Catechism §729.
Cited together in Catechism §729.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.19 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Catechism §729 and 1 other place.