Revelation 2:5

• §1429Article 4 · The Sacrament of Penance and ReconciliationRead at vatican.va

  “The second conversion also has a communitarian dimension, as is clear in the Lord's call to a whole Church: "Repent!"” — Catechism footnote: Rev 2:5, 16.

Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.4Book IV

  “Further, also, concerning Jerusalem and the Lord, they venture to assert that, if it had been “the city of the great King,” it would not have been deserted.” — editor's note: [Jer. vii. 4. One of the most powerful arguments in all Scripture is contained in the first twelve verses of this chapter, and it rebukes an inveterate…

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Epistles Letter 13

  “…upon all kinds of things, according to the discipline of the Church, especially since it is written, “Remember from whence thou hast fallen, and repent.”” — editor's note: Rev. ii. 5.

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• Cyprian of Carthage, Epistles Letter 27

  “…faith, that they may supplicate the Lord with true penitence and groaning and sorrow, since it is written, “Remember from whence thou art fallen, and repent.”” — editor's note: Rev. ii. 5.

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• Cyprian of Carthage, Epistles Letter 51

  “…lapsed, or to suppose that pardon is to be denied to the penitent, when it is written, “Remember whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works,” which certainly is said to him who evidently has fallen, and whom the Lord exhorts to rise up again by his works, because it is written, “Alms do deliver from…” — editor's note: Apoc. ii. 5.

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• Cyprian of Carthage, On the Lapsed

  “…be quenched; nor long and full penitence deprecate the Lord so grievously offended, although it is written, “Remember from whence thou art fallen, and repent.”” — editor's note: Apoc. ii. 5.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 14

  “There may come an angel to rend the veil of your temple, and to remove your candlestick out of its place.” — editor's note: Rev. ii. 5.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On the Apparel of Women I.1Book I

  “Assuredly they who, of course, did sometimes think whence they had fallen, and, after the heated impulses of their lusts, looked up toward heaven, thus requited that very excellence of women, natural beauty, as (having proved) a cause…” — editor's note: Comp. Rev. ii. 5.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 45

  “Worship Him Who was hanged for you, even if you yourself are hanging; make some gain even from your wickedness; purchase salvation by your death; enter with Jesus into Paradise, so that you may learn from what you have fallen.” — editor's note: Rev. ii. 5.

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• 2 Samuel 5:7

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.

• Psalm 49:12

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.

• Isaiah 1:8

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.

• Isaiah 3:12

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 27.

• Isaiah 27:6

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.

• Isaiah 30:15

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 27.

• Jeremiah 7:4

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.

• Malachi 4:1

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.

• Matthew 3:11

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.

• Matthew 5:35

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.

• Luke 16:16

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.

• Luke 22:61

  Cited together in Catechism §1429.

• John 21:15

  Cited together in Catechism §1429.

• John 21:16

  Cited together in Catechism §1429.

• John 21:17

  Cited together in Catechism §1429.

• Acts 19:19

  Cited together in On the Apparel of Women I.1.

• Romans 11:21

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.

• 1 Corinthians 6:3

  Cited together in On the Apparel of Women I.1.

• 2 Corinthians 6:15

  Cited together in On the Apparel of Women I.1.

• 2 Corinthians 6:16

  Cited together in On the Apparel of Women I.1.