John 17:4 (WEB)
I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
Catechism · 3
The Celebration of the Christian Mystery
“In Christian tradition it means the participation of the People of God in "the work of God."” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 17:4.
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); 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.
The Church in God's Plan
“"When the work which the Father gave the Son to do on earth was accomplished, the Holy Spirit was sent on the day of Pentecost in order that he might continually sanctify the Church."” — Catechism footnote: LG 4; Cf. Jn 17:4.
Fathers and councils · 43
Athanasius of Alexandria
“This then is what the Saviour says, ‘I glorified Thee on the earth, I perfected the work which Thou hast given Me to do;’ and again, ‘The works which the Father hath given Me to perfect, the same works that I do, bear witness of Me;’ but ‘the works’ He here says that the Father…” — editor's note: John xvii. 4.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X IX.17Conference IX
“It is prayer where He says: “I have magnified Thee upon the earth, I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do,” and this: “And for their sakes I sanctify Myself that they also may be sanctified in the truth.”” — editor's note: S. John xvii. 4, 19.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…in Him, and God glorifieth Him,” but the Father also is glorified through the Son and by the Son, for Truth hath said: “I have glorified Thee upon earth.”” — editor's note: S. John xvii. 4.
Read the whole comment“…augmentation; for He is glorified by our knowledge of Him, as is the Son: as it is written on the word of the Son: “I have glorified Thee upon the earth.”” — editor's note: S. John xvii. 4.
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John Chrysostom
“For she desired both to do them a favor, and through her Son to render herself more conspicuous; perhaps too she had some human feelings, like His brethren, when they said, “Show thyself to the world” ( c. xvii. 4 ), desiring to gain credit from His miracles.” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nyssa
“Neither does He lie Who saith, “Them that glorify Me I glorify”; and “I have glorified Thee,” is said by our Lord to the Father; and again He says, “Glorify Thou Me with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was.”” — editor's note: S. John xvii. 4
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Basil the Great
“For, as our Lord said of Himself, “I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do;” so of the Paraclete He says “He shall glorify me: for He shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 4.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But what is life eternal, except “that they may know Thee,” He says, “the One true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent?” but know Him now in that glory of which He says to the Father, “Which I had with Thee before the world was.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 3–5
Read the whole comment“But it is written, also, that the Son glorifies the Father; for He says, “I have glorified Thee on the earth.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 1, 4
Read the whole comment“Heretic, hast thou not read of the Son Himself also saying that He glorifies His Father?” — editor's note: Chap. xvii. 4.
Read the whole comment“…Thy name unto the men whom Thou gavest me out of the world,” is similar to what He had said a little before, “I have glorified Thee upon the earth”, (ver. 4); putting both here and there the past for the future, as One who knew that it was predestinated to be done, and therefore saying that He had done what…” — the author cites it
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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“…with a reference to the obedience displayed in His incarnation, I have glorified Thee on the earth, I have accomplished the work which Thou gavest Me to do.” — editor's note: St. John xvii. 3, 4.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And now, do Thou glorify me with Thyself, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was made.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 3–5.
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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 · 12
Cited together in Conferences I–X IX.17.
Cited together in Conferences I–X IX.17.
Cited together in Conferences I–X IX.17.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 17:1–5 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Conferences I–X IX.17.
Cited together in Conferences I–X IX.17.
Cited together in Hilary of Poitiers on John 17:1–5 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §767.
Cited together in Catechism §767.
Cited together in Conferences I–X IX.17.
Cited together in Conferences I–X IX.17.
Cited together in Conferences I–X IX.17.