John 17:2 (WEB)
even as you gave him authority over all flesh, so he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
Catechism · 1
“His priestly prayer fulfills, from within, the great petitions of the Lord's Prayer: concern for the Father's name; passionate zeal for his kingdom (Glory); The accomplishment of the will of the Father, of his plan of salvation;” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 17:2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 24.
Fathers and councils · 37
John Damascene
“…observed in Father and Son, as for example, All things were made by Him, and He sent His Word and healed them, and That they may believe that Thou hast sent Me.” — editor's note: St. John xvii. 2.
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Ambrose of Milan
“The Father loves the Son, and you anxiously examine His Person; the Father is well pleased in Him, you, joining the Jews, look upon Him with an evil eye; the Father knows the Son, and you join the heathen in reviling Him.” — editor's note: S. John v. 22, 23; iii. 35; xvii. 1, 2, 5.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And we have the Lord saying, that there was given to Him “power over every flesh.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 2.
Read the whole comment““Thou hast given unto Him power over all flesh.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 2
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nazianzus
- Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters Letter 101Letters on the Apollinarian Controversy
“…and Flesh, it is time for them to say that God is God only of flesh, and not of souls, because it is written, “As Thou hast given Him power over all Flesh,” and “Unto Thee shall all Flesh come;” and “Let all Flesh bless His holy Name,” meaning every Man.” — editor's note: Ib. xvii. 2.
Read the whole comment “IX. Fifthly, let it be alleged that it is said of Him that He receives life, judgment, inheritance of the Gentiles, or power over all flesh, or glory, or disciples, or whatever else is mentioned.” — editor's note: John xvii. 2.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“I have manifested Thy Name unto the men whom Thou hast given Me.” — editor's note: Ib. xvii. 1–6.
Read the whole comment“Even as Thou gavest Him authority over all flesh, that, whatsoever Thou hast given Him, to them He should give eternal life.” — editor's note: Ib. xvii. 1, 2.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
After having said, In the world ye shall have tribulation, our Lord turns from admonition to prayer; thus teaching us in our tribulations to abandon all other things, and flee to God.
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These things spake Jesus, those things that He had said at the supper, partly sitting as far as the words, Arise, let us go hence; (c. 14:31.) and thence standing, up to the end of the hymn which now commences, And…
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He lifted up His eyes to heaven to teach us intentness in our prayers: that we should stand with uplifted eyes, not of the body only, but of the mind.
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Our Lord, in the form of a servant, could have prayed in silence had He pleased; but He remembered that He had not only to pray, but to teach. For not only His discourse, but His prayer also, was for His disciples’…
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He doth not say that the day, or the time, but that the hour is come. An hour contains a portion of a day. What was this hour? He was now to be spit upon, scourged, crucified. But the Father glorifies the Son. The…
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But if He was glorified by His Passion, how much more by His Resurrection? For His Passion rather shewed His humility than His glory. So we must understand, Father, the hour is come, glorify Thy Son, to mean, the…
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But perhaps this proves weakness in the Son; His waiting to be glorified by one superior to Himself. And who does not confess that the Father is superior, seeing that He Himself saith, The Father is greater than I?…
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But it is justly asked, how the Son can glorify the Father, when the eternal glory of the Father never experienced abasement in the form of man, and in respect of its own Divine perfection, does not admit of being…
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For being made flesh Himself, He was about to restore eternal life to frail, corporeal, and mortal man.
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If Christ be God, not begotten, but unbegotten, then let this receiving be thought weakness. But not if His receiving of power signifies His begetting, in which He received what He is. This gift cannot be counted for…
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He saith, Thou hast given Him power over all flesh, to shew that His preaching extended not to the Jews only, but to the whole world. But what is all flesh? For all did not believe? So far as lay with Him, all did.…
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He saith, As Thou hast given Him power over all flesh, so the Son may glorify Thee, i. e. make Thee known to all flesh which Thou hast given Him; for Thou hast so given it to Him, that He should give eternal life to…
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And in what eternal life is, He then shews: And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee, the only true God. To know the only true God is life, but this alone does not constitute life. What else then is added?…
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The Arians hold, that as the Father is the only true, only just, only wise God, the Son hath no communion of these attributes; for that which is proper to one, cannot be partaken of by another. And as these are as…
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But it must be clear to every one that the reality of any thing is evidenced by its power. For that is true wheat, which when rising with grain and fenced with ears, and shaken out by the winnowing machine, and…
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Because He says, Thee the only, does He separate Himself from communion and unity with God? He doth separate Himself, but that He adds immediately, And Jesus Christ Whom Thou hast sent. For the Catholic faith…
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Dismissing then the Arians, let us see if we are forced to confess, that by the words, That they may know Thee to be the only true God, He means us to understand that the Father only is the true God, in such sense as…
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Or is not the order of the words, That they may know Thee and Jesus Christ, Whom Thou hast sent, to be the only true God? the Holy Spirit being necessarily understood, because the Spirit is only the love of the…
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What He said to His servant Moses, I am that I am; (Exod. 3) this we shall contemplate in the life eternal.
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For when sight has made our faith truth, then eternity shall take possession of and displace our mortality.
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But God is first glorified here, when He is proclaimed, made known to, and believed in, by men: I have glorified Thee on the earth.
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This new glory with which our Lord had glorified the Father, does not imply any advancement2 in Godhead, but refers to the honour received from those who are converted from ignorance to knowledge.
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He says, on the earth; for He had been glorified in heaven, both in respect of the glory of His own nature, and of the adoration of the Angels. The glory therefore here spoken of is not that which belongeth to His…
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Not Thou commandest Me, but, Thou gavest Me, implying evidently grace. For what hath human nature, even in the Only-Begotten, what it hath not received? But how had He finished the work which had been given Him to…
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Or, I have finished, i. e. He had done all His own part, or had done the chief of it, that standing for the whole; (for the root of good was planted:) or He connects Himself with the future, as if it were already…
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After which, that we may understand the reward of His obedience, and the mystery of the whole dispensation, He adds, And now glorify Me with the glory with Thine own Self, with the glory which I had with Thee before…
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He had said above, Father, the hour is come; glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee: the order of which words shews that the Son was first to be glorified by the Father, that the Father might be…
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Or He prayed that that which was mortal, might receive the glory immortal, that the corruption of the flesh might be transformed and absorbed into the incorruption of the Spirit.
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 11.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 17:1–5 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Hilary of Poitiers on John 17:1–5 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 11.