Mark 3:29 (WEB)
but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation.”
Catechism · 1
“"Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin."” — Catechism footnote: Mk 3:29; cf. Mt 12:32; Lk 12:10.
Fathers and councils · 16
Cyril of Jerusalem
“He dared too to say that he was the Paraclete, though it is written, But whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, hath no forgiveness.” — editor's note: Mark iii. 29.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And again He has said, “All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies; but he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost shall not have forgiveness, but is guilty of eternal sin.”” — editor's note: Mark iii. 28, 29.
Read the whole comment“Also according to Mark: “All sins shall be forgiven, and blasphemies, to the sons of men; but whoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, but he shall be guilty of eternal sin.”” — editor's note: Mark iii. 28, 29.
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Augustine of Hippo
“On the other hand, Luke gives an account of these things almost in the same language as Matthew has employed.” — editor's note: Mark iii. 22–30.
Read the whole commentChapter III.—Of the Question Whether Mark’s Reports of the Repeated Occasions on Which the Name of Peter Was Brought into Prominence are Not at Variance with the Statement Which John Has Given Us of the Particular…
Read the whole comment“But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, hath never forgiveness, but shall be held guilty of an eternal offence.”” — editor's note: Mark iii. 28, 29. Reus æterni peccati, ἁμαρτήματος (for κρίσεως). So also Cyprian, Ep. xvi.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“Perhaps this is the blasphemy against our Law-giver for which the judgment without remission has been decreed; since in Him the entire Being, Blessed and Divine, is insulted also.” — editor's note: κατὰ τοῦ νομοθέτου is Mai’s reading. But κατὰ τὸν νομοθέτην, i.e. according to S. Mark iii. 29, S. Luke xii. 10, would be preferable. Migne reads παρὰ in this…
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Mark
The blasphemy of the Scribes having been detailed, our Lord shews that what they said was impossible, confirming His proof by an example. Wherefore it says, “And having called them together unto Him, He said unto…
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And because He has already shewn by an example that a devil cannot cast out a devil, He shews how he can be expelled, saying, “No man can enter into a strong man’s house, &c.”
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The meaning of the example is this: The devil is the strong man; his goods are the men into whom he is received; unless therefore a man first conquers the devil, how can he deprive him of his goods, that is, of the…
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The Lord has also bound the strong man, that is, the devil: which means, He has restrained him from seducing the elect, and entering into his house, the world; He has spoiled his house, and his goods, that is men,…
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He says indeed, that blasphemy concerning Himself was pardonable, because He then seemed to be a man despised and of the most lowly birth, but, that contumely against God has no remission. Now blasphemy against the…
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We must however understand, that they will not obtain pardon unless they repent. But since it was at the flesh of Christ that they were offended, even though they did not repent, some excuse was allowed them, and…
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Or this is meant; that he will not deserve to work out repentance, so as to be accepted, who, understanding who Christ was, declared that He was the prince of the devils.
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Neither however are those, who do not believe the Holy Spirit to be God, guilty of an unpardonable blasphemy, because they were persuaded to do this by human ignorance, not by devilish malice.
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Or else impenitence itself is the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost which hath no remission. For either in his thought or by his tongue, he speaks a word against the Holy Ghost, the forgiver of sins, who treasures up…
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Catechism §1864.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 9.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 3:23–30 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Epistles Letter 9.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 9.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 9.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.29.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 9.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 9.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 9.
Cited together in Catechism §1864 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 9.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 9.