Matthew 5:15

The Seven Petitions

• §2821Article 3 · The Seven PetitionsRead at vatican.va

  “This petition is taken up and granted in the prayer of Jesus which is present and effective in the Eucharist; it bears its fruit in new life in keeping with the Beatitudes.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 17:17-20; Mt 5:13-16; 6:24; 7:12-13.

The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit

• §782Paragraph 2 · The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy SpiritRead at vatican.va

  “This is the "new" law of the Holy Spirit. - Its mission is to be salt of the earth and light of the world.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 5:13-16.

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 48

  “This is the city set upon an hill, which cannot be hid: this is the candle which is not hidden under a bushel, to all known, to all proclaimed.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 14, 15.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Harmony of the Gospels IV.11Book IV

  “For they are compared only to the kindled light, which is not to be put beneath a bushel, but to be set upon a candlestick; as He also says of John the Baptist, that “he was a burning and shining light.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 14, 15.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Sermon on the Mount II.1Book II

  “But He did not set up this as the end; for He has added, “and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 14–16.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 58

  “For the Lord Himself said to His disciples in another place of the Gospel, “No man lighteth a candle and putteth it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that it may give light unto all that are in the house.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 15.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 23

  ““So let your light shine,” saith He, “before men, that they, seeing your good works, may glorify,” not you, but “your Father who is in heaven.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 14–16.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 54

  “…may give light to all that are in the house: so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven:” but He did not say to them, Ye are come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on you should not abide in darkness.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 14–16.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 117

  “For to Paul, who was yet to say, “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,” He was commending that same cross of His by carrying it on His own shoulders, and bearing the candelabrum of that light that was yet to burn, and not to be placed under a bushel.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 15.

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 15

  ““A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid, neither do men light a candle, and put it under the bushel.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 14, 15. [R.V., “lamp.”—R.]

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• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 43

  ““For no man lighteth a candle, and setteth it under the bushel.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 15; Luke xi. 33.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On the Apparel of Women II.12Book II

  “If you hide your lamp beneath a bushel, you must necessarily be left quite in darkness, and be run against by many.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 15; Mark iv. 21; Luke viii. 16; xi. 33.

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• Tertullian, The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 25

  “He used Himself to tell them that a candle was not usually “pushed away under a bushel, but placed on a candlestick,” in order to “give light to all who are in the house.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 15.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 12

  “For how long shall we hide the lamp under the bushel, and withhold from others the full knowledge of the Godhead, when it ought to be now put upon the lampstand and give light to all churches and souls and to the…” — editor's note: S. Matt. v. 15.

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Aphrahat

• Aphrahat, Select Demonstrations Demonstration 1

  “And again He said:—No man lighteth a lamp and putteth it under a bushel or under a bed, or putteth it in a hidden place, but putteth it upon the lamp-stand that every one may see the light of the lamp.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 15; Mark iv. 21; Luke viii. 16.

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Gregory the Great

• Gregory the Great, The Book of Pastoral Rule I.6Part I

  “For hence it was that the Truth said to His disciples, A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid: neither do they light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that it may give light to all that are in the house (Matth. v. 15).” — the author cites it

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Jerome

• Jerome, The Dialogue Against the Luciferians

  “And he gives the reason,“Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 15.

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Hippolytus of Rome

• Hippolytus of Rome, The Refutation of All Heresies V.2Book V

  “…that also, for the information of all, it is as it were a light not set under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, proclaiming its message upon the housetops, in all byways, and all streets, and near the actual dwellings, placed in front as a certain appointed limit and termination of the dwelling, and that this is…” — editor's note: Matt. v. 15; x. 27.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.1Book I

  ““No one lighteth a candle, and putteth it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may give light to those who are regarded worthy of the feast.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 15; Mark. iv. 21.

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• Matthew 6:24

  Cited together in Catechism §2821.

• Matthew 7:12

  Cited together in Catechism §2821.

• Matthew 10:27

  Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 25.

• Matthew 28:10

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.6.

• Luke 19:20

  Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 25.

• Luke 19:21

  Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 25.

• Luke 19:22

  Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 25.

• Luke 19:23

  Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 25.

• Luke 19:24

  Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 25.

• John 3:3

  Cited together in Catechism §782.

• John 3:4

  Cited together in Catechism §782.

• John 3:5

  Cited together in Catechism §782.

• John 15:17

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.6.

• John 17:17

  Cited together in Catechism §2821.

• John 17:18

  Cited together in Catechism §2821.

• John 17:19

  Cited together in Catechism §2821.

• John 17:20

  Cited together in Catechism §2821.

• Acts 24:25

  Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 58.

• Romans 8:2

  Cited together in Catechism §782.

• Galatians 5:25

  Cited together in Catechism §782.

• Philippians 4:17

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.1.

• 1 Peter 2:9

  Cited together in Catechism §782 and 1 other place.

• Deuteronomy 25:5

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.6.

• Psalm 34:2

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.1.