John 6:44 (WEB)
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up in the last day.
Catechism · 5
"I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body"
“Definitively "at the last day," "at the end of the world."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 6: 39-40, 44, 54; 11:24; LG 48 # 3.
The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
“It is the movement of a "contrite heart," drawn and moved by grace to respond to the merciful love of God who loved us first.” — Catechism footnote: Ps 51:17; cf. Jn 6:44; 12:32; 1 Jn 4:10.
The Father
“Everyone who glorifies the Father does so through the Son in the Holy Spirit; everyone who follows Christ does so because the Father draws him and the Spirit moves him.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 6:44; Rom 8:14.
The Seven Petitions
“For this reason the specifically Christian sense of this fourth petition concerns the Bread of Life: the Word of God accepted in faith, the Body of Christ received in the Eucharist.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 6:26-58.
Jesus and Israel
“But such an act of faith must go through a mysterious death to self, for a new "birth from above" under the influence of divine grace.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 3:7; 6:44.
Fathers and councils · 39
Tertullian
“…styled the lord or “master” of his own class, “Ye cannot serve two masters,” and has the actual designation of “father:” “Ye are of your father the devil.”” — editor's note: John vi. 44.
Read the whole comment“No man indeed was able to come to Him, except the Father attracted him; whereas every one who had heard and learnt of the Father came to Him.”” — editor's note: John vi. 37–45.
Read the whole comment“…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 by the Father;” and, “As the Father quickeneth (the dead), so also doth the Son;” and again, “If ye had known me, ye…” — editor's note: John vi. 44.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“This passage has the same meaning as ‘the Father that sent Me,’ and ‘I came not of Myself, but the Father sent Me.’” — editor's note: John vi. 44, viii. 42.
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Jerome
““No one,” He says, “can come unto Me except the Father Who sent Me draw him.”” — editor's note: S. John vi. 44.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIII.9Conference XIII
“What is this too which is said: “Draw near to the Lord, and He will draw near to you,” and what He says elsewhere: “No man cometh unto Me except the Father who sent Me draw Him?”” — editor's note: S. John vi. 44.
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“We hear in the gospel the Lord summoning us to come speedily to Him by our free will: “Come unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you,” but the same Lord testifies to its weakness, by saying: “No man can come unto Me except the Father which sent Me draw him.”” — editor's note: S. John vi. 44.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For “No man,” saith Christ, “can come to Me, except the Father, Which hath sent Me, draw him, and I will raise him up at the last day.”” — editor's note: S. John vi. 44.
Read the whole comment“And dost thou make objections and contemn Him, because God has put all things in subjection under Him, when thou hearest that the Son of Man delivers up the kingdom to God, and hast read, as we said in our earlier books: “No man can come to Me, except the Father draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day”?” — editor's note: S. John vi. 44.
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Augustine of Hippo
““No man can come to Me, except the Father which hath sent Me draw him;”…in order to show, that the very faith by which the soul believes, and springs into fresh life from the death of its former affections, is given us by God.” — editor's note: John vi. 44.
Read the whole comment“I know indeed by whom, because He says, “No one cometh to Me, save whom the Father draweth.”” — editor's note: John vi. 44.
Read the whole comment“After this address, too, his narrative is again borne on to one subject after another, in a sublime strain.” — editor's note: John vi. 22–72.
Read the whole comment“John, on the other hand, has said nothing about the body and blood of the Lord in this context; but he plainly certifies that the Lord spake to that effect on another occasion, with much greater fulness than here.” — editor's note: John vi. 32–64.
Read the whole comment“Now as to where the Lord said this, if we call to mind the foregoing words of the Gospel, we shall find that He had said, “No man cometh unto Me, except the Father which hath sent Me draw him.”” — editor's note: John vi. 44.
Read the whole comment“Are they not those of whom He says in another place, “No man cometh unto me, unless the Father, who hath sent me, draw him”?” — editor's note: Chap. vi. 44.
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John Chrysostom
“And since Christ should hereafter say, that “None can come unto Me except the Father draw him” ( c. vi. 44 ); the Apostle has in this place anticipated an objection, and declared that it is He (the Son) who “giveth light” ( ver. 9 ); that although you hear…” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““When therefore,” He saith, “the Father guideth any man, there is nothing that hindereth him from coming unto Me”; and in another place, “No man can come unto Me, except the Father draw him.” ( Ver.” — the author cites it
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Read the whole comment““I will draw all men to Myself.” ( c. vi. 44.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…also in another place He saith, “Thine they were, and Thou gavest them Me” ( c. xvii. 6 ); and again, “No man can come unto Me except the Father draw him” ( c. vi. 44 ); and, “Except it be given him from heaven.” ( c. iii. 27 .)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““How then,” saith some one, “doth none come to the Son, ‘except the Father draw him’?” ( c. vi. 44.)” — the author cites it
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Was the Apostle ignorant, think you, of the force of these words in the Gospel, No one cometh to Me, except the Father draw Him to Mewhich stand side by side with those other words, No one cometh unto the Father but by Me: just as in this Epistle Christ subjects His enemies to Himself, yet…” — editor's note: Ib. vi. 44.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Concerning these, he says, the Saviour has declared, “No one can come unto me, except my heavenly Father draw some one unto me.”” — editor's note: John vi. 44.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
The Jews, so long as they thought to get food for their carnal eating, had no misgivings; but when this hope was taken away, then, we read, the Jews murmured at Him because He said, I am the bread which came down…
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But they were far from being fit for that heavenly bread, and did not hunger for it. For they had not that hunger of the inner man.
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It is evident that they did not yet know of His miraculous birth: for they call Him the Son of Joseph. Nor are they blamed for this. Our Lord does not reply, I am not the Son of Joseph: for the miracle of His birth…
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He took man’s flesh upon Him, but not after the manner of men; for, His Father being in heaven, He chose a mother upon earth, and was born of her without a father. The answer to the murmurers next follows: Jesus…
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But here the Manichees attack us, asserting that nothing is in our own power. Our Lord’s words however do not destroy our free agency, but only shew that we need Divine assistance. For He is speaking not of one who…
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Now if we are drawn to Christ without our own will, we believe without our own will; the will is not exercised, but compulsion is applied. But, though a man can enter the Church involuntarily, he cannot believe other…
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Or the Father draws to the Son, by the works which He did by Him.
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Great indeed is the Son’s dignity; the Father draws men, and the Son raises them up. This is no division of works, but an equality of power. He then shews the way in which the Father draws. It is written in the…
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Or thus; When a schoolmaster is the only one in a town, we say loosely, This man teaches all here to read; not that all learn of him, but that he teaches all who do learn. And in the same way we say that God teaches…
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All the men of that kingdom shall be taught of God; they shall hear nothing from men: for, though in this world what they hear with the outward ear is from men, yet what they understand is given them from within;…
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He uses the plural, In the Prophets, because all the Prophets being filled with one and the same spirit, their prophecies, though different, all tended to the same end; and with whatever any one of them says, all the…
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These words are not found in Joel, but something like them; Be glad then ye children of Sion, and rejoice in the Lord your God, for He hath given you a Teacher. (Quia dedit nobis lectorem justitiæ. Vulg.) And more…
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An important distinction. All men before learnt the things of God through men; now they learn them through the Only Son of God, and the Holy Spirit.
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All that are taught of God come to the Son, because they have heard and learnt from the Father of the Son: wherefore He proceeds, Every man that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh to Me. But if every…
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Behold then how the Father draweth; not by laying a necessity on man, but by teaching the truth. To draw, belongeth to God: Every one that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh to Me. What then? Hath…
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We are all from God. That which belongs peculiarly and principally to the Son, He omits the mention of, as being unsuitable to the weakness of His hearers.
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Cross-references · 28
Cited together in Catechism §591.
Cited together in Catechism §591.
Cited together in Catechism §591.
Cited together in Catechism §1001.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 66.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 66.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 66.
Cited together in Catechism §1428 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 24.
Cited together in Catechism §591.
Cited together in Catechism §591.
Cited together in Catechism §259.
Cited together in Catechism §591.
Cited together in Catechism §591.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.12.
Cited together in Catechism §1001.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 16.
Cited together in Catechism §1428.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.12.
Cited together in Catechism §1428.
Cited together in Catechism §591.
Cited together in Bede on John 6:41–46 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §591 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §591.
Cited together in Catechism §591.
Cited together in Catechism §591.
Cited together in Catechism §591.
Cited together in Catechism §591.