Matthew 18:21 (WEB)
Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”
Catechism · 3
The Fourth Commandment
“Mutual affection suggests this. the charity of Christ demands it.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 18:21-22; Lk 17:4.
The Seven Petitions
“There is no limit or measure to this essentially divine forgiveness,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 18:21-22; Lk 17:3-4.
"I Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins"
“Christ who died for all men desires that in his Church the gates of forgiveness should always be open to anyone who turns away from sin.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 18:21-22.
Fathers and councils · 17
John Chrysostom
“Matt. XVIII. 21.” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“If a sinner repents, his sins are forgiven him not only till seven times but till seventy times seven.” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. xviii. 21, 22.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…be done for them, as He says, by My Father, Who is in heaven, for: “Where two or three are gathered together in My Name, there am I in the midst of them,” how much less, where the full congregation is gathered in the Name of the Lord.” — editor's note: S. Matt. xviii. 21.
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Basil the Great
“Then comes the Lord’s answer, “I say not unto thee, until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.”” — editor's note: Matt. xviii. 21, 22.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
- Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters Letter 77To Theodore, Bishop of Tyana
“And what of him who asks whether he must seven times forgive a brother if he has trespassed, is he not condemned for his niggardliness, for to the seven is added seventy times seven?” — editor's note: S. Matt. xviii. 21.
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Tertullian
“As regards the rule of peace, which is so pleasing to God, who in the world that is prone to impatience will even once forgive his brother, I will not say “seven times,” or “seventy-seven times?”” — editor's note: Septuagies septies. The reference is to Matt. xviii. 21, 22. Compare de Orat. vii. ad fin. and the note there.
Read the whole comment“…is exacted by it: nor does it evade the justice of exaction, unless the exaction be remitted, just as the lord remitted to that slave in the parable his debt; for hither does the scope of the whole parable tend.” — editor's note: Matt. xviii. 21–35.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…we must not come into collision with that declaration of our Lord, where He enjoins that a brother is to be pardoned, when he asks his brother to pardon him; but that the ruin connected with that sin is so great, that he cannot endure the humiliation of asking for it, even if he should be compelled by a bad…” — editor's note: Matt. xviii. 21. Luke xvii. 3.
Read the whole comment““It is not sufficient,” saith the Lord, “I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven.”” — editor's note: Matt. xviii. 21, 22.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
The Lord had said above, “See that ye despise not one of these little ones,” and had added, “If thy brother sin against thee, &c.” making also a promise, “If two of you, &c.” by which the Apostle Peter was led to…
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Peter thought that he had made a large allowance; but what answers Christ the Lover of men? it follows, “Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times, but, Until seventy times seven.”
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I am bold to say, that if he shall sin seventy-eight times, thou shouldest forgive him; yea, and if a hundred; and how oft soever he sin against thee, forgive him. For if Christ found a thousand sins, yet forgave…
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When He says, “Until seventy times seven,” He does not limit a definite number within which forgiveness must be kept; but He signifies thereby something endless and ever enduring.
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Yet not without reason did the Lord say, “Seventy times seven;” for the Law is set forth in ten precepts; and the Law is signified by the number ten, sin by eleven, because it is passing the denary line. Seven is…
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Or, because the number six seems to denote toil and labour, and the number seven repose, He says that forgiveness should be given to all brethren who live in this world, and sin in the things of this world. But if…
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Or understand it of four hundred and ninety times, that He bids us forgive our brother so oft.
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It is one thing to give pardon to a brother when he seeks it, that he may live with us in social charity, as Joseph to his brethren; and another to a hostile foe, that we may wish him good, and if we can do him good,…
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Catechism §2227 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.