John 16:28 (WEB)
I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.”
Catechism · 2
"Our Father Who Art in Heaven"
“Jn Christ, then, heaven and earth are reconciled, for the Son alone "descended from heaven" and causes us to ascend there with him, by his Cross, Resurrection, and Ascension.” — Catechism footnote: Jn 3:13; 12:32; 14 2-3; 16:28; 20:17; Eph 4:9-10; Heb 1:3; ⇒ 2:13.
"He Ascended into Heaven and is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father"
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“Only the one who "came from the Father" can return to the Father: Christ Jesus.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 16:28.
Fathers and councils · 32
Tertullian
“Because “I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world” and, “I am the way: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me;” and, “No man can come to me, except the Father draw him;” and, “All things are delivered unto me…” — editor's note: John xvi. 28.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“For thus He speaks: “I came forth from the Father, and am come.”” — editor's note: John xvi. 28.
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John Damascene
“And others make known the fact of His origin from the Father as cause, for instance My Father is greater than I. For from Him He derives both His being and all that He has: His being was by generative and not by creative means, as, I came forth from the Father and am come, and I live by the Father.” — editor's note: St. John xvi. 28.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“…Son is said to be sent, but from His appearing in this world, as the Word made flesh; as He says, I went forth from the Father, and am come into the world: (John 16:28) or from His being received into our minds individually, as we readl, Send her, that she may be with me, and may labour with me.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Again our Lord shews that it is expedient that He should go: And in that day shall ye ask Me nothing.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
The word ask here means not only to seek for, but to ask a question: the Greek word from which it is translated has both meanings.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
He says, And in that day, i. e. when I shall have risen again, ye shall ask Me nothing, i. e. not say to Me, Shew us the Father, and, Whither goest Thou? since ye will know this by the teaching of the Holy Ghost: or,…
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For when your prayers shall be fully answered, then will your gladness be greatest.
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These words being obscure, He adds, These things have I spoken to you in proverbs, but the time cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs: for forty days He talked with them as they were assembled,…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
He still cheers them with the promise that help will be given them from above in their temptations: At that day ye shall ask in My Name. And ye will be so in favour with the Father, that ye will no longer need my…
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But does He love us because we love Him; or rather do not we love Him, because He loved us? This is what the Evangelist says, Let us love God, because God first loved us. (1 John 4:19) The Father then loves us,…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on John
Perfect faith in the Son, which believes and loves what has come forth from God, and deserveth to be heard and loved for its own sake, this faith confessing the Son of God, born from Him, and sent by Him, needeth not…
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As it was consolatory to them to hear of His resurrection, and how He came from God, and went to God, He dwells again and again on these subjects: Again I leave the world, and go to the Father. The one was a proof…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
He came forth from the Father, because He is of the Father; He came into the world, because He shewed Himself in the body to the world. He left the world by His departure in the body, and went to the Father by the…
Read the whole comment - Alcuin of YorkCatena Aurea on John
This is His meaning then: In the world to come, ye shall ask Me nothing: but in the mean time while ye are travelling on this wearisome road, ask what ye want of the Father, and He will give it you: Verily, verily, I…
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The word whatsoever, must not be understood to mean any thing, but something which with reference to obtaining the life of blessedness is not nothing. That is not sought in the Saviour’s name, which is sought to the…
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And this is that full joy, than which nothing can be greater, viz. to enjoy God, the Trinity, in the image of Whom we are made.
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Whatsoever then is asked, which appertained to the getting this joy, this must be asked in the name of Christ. For His saints that persevere in asking for it, He will never in His divine mercy disappoint. But…
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on John
When He declares that He will shew them plainly of the Father, He alludes to the manifestation about to take place of His own majesty, which would both shew His own equality with the Father, and the procession of the…
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But this sense seems to be interfered with by what follows: At that day ye shall ask in My name. What shall we have to ask for in a future life, when all our desires shall be satisfied? Asking implies the want of…
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Ambrose of Milan
“But when in another passage we read: “I came out from the Father, and am come into the world; again, I leave the world, and go to the Father,” how doth He go, except through death, and how comes He, save by rising again?” — editor's note: S. John xvi. 28.
Read the whole comment“The Spirit is not, then, sent as it were from a place, nor does He proceed as from a place, when He proceeds from the Son, as the Son Himself, when He says, “I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world,” destroys all fancies, which can be reckoned as from place to place.” — editor's note: Ibid. xvi. 28.
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John Chrysostom
“And again, “I went out from the Father, and am come.” ( John xvi. 28.)” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.”” — editor's note: John xvi. 25–28
Read the whole comment““I,” He says, “came forth from the Father, and am come into the world.”” — editor's note: John xvi. 7, 28
Read the whole comment“…of the Father; but either in that the Word made flesh appeared to the world, whence He says, “I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world;” or in that from time to time, He is perceived by the mind of each, according to the saying, “Send her, that, being present with me, she may labor with me.”” — editor's note: John xvi. 28
Read the whole comment“I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father” (vers.” — the author cites it
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…were saddened that He said that He was soon to depart, spoke to them, and said, “If ye loved me, ye would surely rejoice because I go to the Father;” teaching thereby, and manifesting that when the dear ones whom we love depart from the world, we should rather rejoice than grieve.” — editor's note: John xvi. 28.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…and I and the Father are One, and He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father also, and The Father is in Me and I in the Father, and I went out from the Father, and Who is in the bosom of the Father, and Whatsoever the Father hath He hath delivered to the Son, and The Son hath life in Himself, even as the Father hath…” — editor's note: Ib. xvi. 28.
Read the whole comment“To this the Lord’s words bear witness;—I will not say unto you that I will pray the Father for you, for the Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved Me, and believe that I went forth from God, and am come from the Father into this world.” — editor's note: St. John xvi. 26–28.
Read the whole comment“He had already proclaimed the birth in the same language, when He said, Ye love Me, and believe that I came out from the Father, and came from the Father into this world.” — editor's note: Ib. 27, 28.
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 103.
Cited together in Catechism §661.
Cited together in Catechism §661.
Cited together in Catechism §661.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.11.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 16:23–28 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 103.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.11.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.11.
Cited together in Catechism §661.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 5:21–23 (5) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §661.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 24.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 24.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.11 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.11.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.11.