Philippians 2:16

• §1070Part Two · The Celebration of the Christian MysteryRead at vatican.va

  “In the New Testament the word "liturgy" refers not only to the celebration of divine worship but also to the proclamation of the Gospel and to active charity.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 1:23; Acts 13:2; Rom 15:16, 27; 2 Cor 9:12; Phil 2:14-17, 25, 30.

Theodoret of Cyrus

• Theodoret of Cyrus, Dialogues (Eranistes) §3

  ““I say that being in the form of God has the same force as being in God’s substance for as to have taken the form of a servant shews our Lord to have been of the substance of the manhood, so the statement that He was in the form of God attributes to Him the peculiar qualities of the divine substance.”” — editor's note: Cf. Phil. ii. 16

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 94

  ““Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world, holding forth the word of life.”…” — editor's note: Philip. ii. 14–16.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Of the Work of Monks Chapter 32

  “Or who with so unimpeded course hath followed the Lord, as he who saith, “Not in vain have I run, nor in vain labored?” who yet both enjoined these works, and did them.” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 16

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 18

  “I will call you also a God to Pharaoh and all the Egyptian and hostile power, and pillar and ground of the Church and will of God and light in the world, holding forth the word of life, and prop of the faith and resting place of the Spirit.” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 16.

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• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 20

  “Let us be made lights in the world, holding forth the Word of Life; that is, let us be made a quickening power to others.” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 15, 16.

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• Hebrews 8:2

  Cited together in Catechism §1070.

• Hebrews 8:6

  Cited together in Catechism §1070.

• Matthew 10:21

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 32.

• Luke 1:23

  Cited together in Catechism §1070.

• Acts 4:32

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 32.

• Acts 13:2

  Cited together in Catechism §1070.

• Romans 15:16

  Cited together in Catechism §1070.

• Romans 15:27

  Cited together in Catechism §1070.

• 2 Corinthians 6:10

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 32.

• 2 Corinthians 9:12

  Cited together in Catechism §1070.