John 17:22 (WEB)
The glory which you have given me, I have given to them, that they may be one, even as we are one,
Catechism · 4
The Father
“The ultimate end of the whole divine economy is the entry of God's creatures into the perfect unity of the Blessed Trinity.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 17:21-23.
The Prayer of the Hour of Jesus
“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);” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 17:1, 5, 10, 22, 23-26.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“When Christ is finally glorified, he can in turn send the Spirit from his place with the Father to those who believe in him: he communicates to them his glory,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 17:22.
Christ's Faithful - Hierarchy, Laity, Consecrated Life
“Chosen together, they were also sent out together, and their fraternal unity would be at the service of the fraternal communion of all the faithful: they would reflect and witness to the communion of the divine persons.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 17:21-23.
Fathers and councils · 35
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VIII.12Book VIII
“To this we reply, that if Celsus had known that saying, “I and My Father are one,” and the words used in prayer by the Son of God, “As Thou and I are one,” he would not have supposed that we worship any other besides Him who is the Supreme God.” — editor's note: John xvii. 22.
Read the whole comment “…also may be one in Us;” and again, when He says: “That they may be one, even as We are one; I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 22, 23.
Read the whole comment- Origen, De Principiis II.3Book II
“…age; and see if that expression of the Saviour, “I will that where I am, these also may be with Me; and as I and Thou are one, these also may be one in Us,” may not seem to convey something more than an age and ages, perhaps even more than ages of ages,—that period, viz., when all things are now no longer in an…” — editor's note: Cf. John xvii. 24, 21, 22.
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Jerome
“A temple, He says, not temples, in order to show that God dwells in all alike.“Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word; as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee, are one, so they may be all one in us.” — editor's note: S. John xvii. 20–23.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“But on all these things the Saviour throws much light, when He says to the Father, ‘And the glory which Thou gavest Me, I have given to them, that they may be one, even as We are one.’” — editor's note: John xvii. 22.
Read the whole comment- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.3Discourse III
“And the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them, that they may be one, even as We are one; I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that Thou didst send Me.’” — editor's note: Ib. 20–23.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“He has Himself made this clear, when He spake to His Father concerning the disciples, “The glory which Thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and Thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; that the world may know that Thou hast sent me.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 22, 23.
Read the whole comment“For thou hast become God: for whatever sufferings thou didst undergo while being a man, these He gave to thee, because thou wast of mortal mould, but whatever it is consistent with God to impart, these God has promised to bestow upon thee, because thou hast been deified, and begotten unto immortality.” — editor's note: [This startling expression is justified by such texts as 2 Pet. i. 4 compared with John xvii. 22, 23, and Rev. iii. 21. Thus, Christ overrules the Tempter…
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X X.7Conference X
“…Thou in Me, that they also may be made perfect in one;” and again: “Father, those whom Thou hast given Me, I will that where I am, they may also be with Me.”” — editor's note: S. John xvii. 22–24.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…gods, but are not, seeing that eternity is of His Essence, and that beside Him there is none other that is good and true God, forasmuch as God is in Him; whilst it follows from the very nature of the Father, that after Him there is no other true God, because God is One, neither confounding [the Persons of] the…” — editor's note: S. John xvii. 22, 23.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…He said: “He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father also;” and, “I am in the Father, and the Father is in me;” “that they may be one, even as we are one;” and, “Whatsoever the Father doeth, these same things doeth the Son likewise.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 22.
Read the whole comment“And the glory which Thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 20–22
Read the whole comment“And the Lord prays to the Father touching them that are His: “that they may be one even as We are One.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 22.
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John Chrysostom
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Read the whole comment“And again, “Hereby shall all men know that Thou hast sent me;” not “if these men raise the dead,” but, “if they be one.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 23, 22.
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Basil the Great
“It is Jesus Who prayed “Grant that they may be one in us as I and Thou are one, Father.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 21 and 22, slightly varied.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“And how they will be so we are soon told,—And the glory which Thou hast given Me I have given unto them.” — editor's note: Ib. 22.
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Clement of Alexandria
“And the glory which Thou hast given Me I have given them; that they may be one, as We are one: I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one.”” — editor's note: John. xvii. 21–23.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
When our Lord had prayed for His disciples, whom He named also Apostles, He added a prayer for all others who should believe on Him; Neither pray I for these alone, but for all others who shall believe on Me through…
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Another ground of consolation to them, that they were to be the cause of the salvation of others.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
All, i. e. not only those who were then alive, but those who were to be born; not those only who heard the Apostles themselves, but us who were born long after their death. We have all believed in Christ through…
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And with this prayer for unanimity, He concludes His prayer; and then begins a discourse on the same subject: A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another.
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on John
And this unity is recommended by the great example of unity: As Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us, i. e. that as the Father is in the Son, and the Son in the Father, so, after…
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This as again does not express perfect likeness, but only likeness as far as it was possible in men; as when He saith, Be ye merciful, even as your Father, which is in heaven, is merciful. (Luke 6:36)
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
We must particularly observe here, that our Lord did not say, that we may be all one, but that they may be all one, as Thou, Father, in Me, and I in Thee, are one, understood. For the Father is so in the Son, that…
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Or that in ourselves we cannot be one, severed from each other by diverse pleasures, and lusts, and the pollution of sin, from which we must be cleansed by a Mediator, in order to be one in Him.
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Heretics endeavouring to get over the words, I and My Father are one, as a proving unity of nature, and to reduce them to mean a unity simply of natural love, and agreement of will, bring forwards these words of our…
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But why does He say, That the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me? Will the world believe when we shall all be one in the Father and the Son? Is not this unity that peace eternal, which is the reward of faith,…
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Or, the world will believe that the Son is sent from the Father, for that reason, viz. because all who believe in Him are one in the Father and the Son.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
For there is no scandal so great as division, whereas unity amongst believers is a great argument for believing; as He said at the beginning of His discourse, By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if…
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Then our Saviour, Who, by praying to the Father, shewed Himself to be man, now shews that, being God with the Father, He doth what He prays for: And the glory which Thou gavest Me, I have given them. What glory, but…
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By glory, He means miracles, and doctrines, and unity; which latter is the greater glory. For all who believed through the Apostles are one. If any separated, it was owing to men’s own carelessness; not but that our…
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By this giving and receiving of honour, then, all are one. But I do not yet apprehend in what way this makes all one. Our Lord, however, explains the gradation and order in the consummating of this unity, when He…
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Elsewhere1 He says of Himself and the Father, We will come and make Our abode with Him; by the mention of two persons, stopping the mouths of the Sabellians. Here by saying that the Father comes to the disciples…
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Nor is this said, however, as if to mean that the Father was not in us, or we in the Father. He only means to say, that He is Mediator between God and man. And what He adds, That they may be made perfect in one,…
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Cited together in De Principiis I.6.
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Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.3.
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Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.30.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.30.
Cited together in De Principiis I.6.
Cited together in De Principiis I.6.
Cited together in Catechism §690.
Cited together in Catechism §690.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.12 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.30.
Cited together in Catechism §260.
Cited together in Catechism §690.