Revelation 21:4

"I Believe in Life Everlasting"

• §1044Article 12 · "I Believe in Life Everlasting"Read at vatican.va

  “"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away."” — Catechism footnote: Rev 21:4.

Sacred Scripture

• §117Article 3 · Sacred ScriptureRead at vatican.va

  The spiritual sense. Thanks to the unity of God's plan, not only the text of Scripture but also the realities and events about which it speaks can be signs.

Celebrating the Church's Liturgy

• §1186Article 1 · Celebrating the Church's LiturgyRead at vatican.va

  “…the visible church is a symbol of the Father's house toward which the People of God is journeying and where the Father "will wipe every tear from their eyes."” — Catechism footnote: Rev 21:4.

"From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"

• §677Article 7 · "From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"Read at vatican.va

  “The kingdom will be fulfilled, then, not by a historic triumph of the Church through a progressive ascendancy, but only by God's victory over the final unleashing of evil, which will cause his Bride to come down from heaven.” — Catechism footnote: Cf Rev 13:8; 20:7-10; 21:2-4.

Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies V.35Book V

  “And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, because the former things have passed away.”” — editor's note: Rev. xxi. 1–4.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 6

  “Yet I must necessarily prescribe you a law, not to stretch out your hand after the old things, not to look backwards: for “the old things are passed away,” according to Isaiah; and “a renewing hath been renewed,” according to Jeremiah; and “forgetful of former things, we are reaching forward,” according to the…” — editor's note: There is no passage, so far as I am aware, in Isaiah containing this distinct assertion. We have almost the exact words in Rev. xxi. 4. The reference may be to…

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• Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58

  “And again: “God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death,” and therefore no more corruption, it being chased away by incorruption, even as death is by immortality.” — editor's note: Rev. xxi. 4.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XX.17Book XX

  “And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.”” — editor's note: Rev. xxi. 2–5.

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• Deuteronomy 29:5

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.

• Psalm 6:6

  Cited together in The City of God XX.17.

• Psalm 38:9

  Cited together in The City of God XX.17.

• Psalm 39:2

  Cited together in The City of God XX.17.

• Psalm 42:3

  Cited together in The City of God XX.17.

• Isaiah 35:10

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.

• Isaiah 45:8

  Cited together in The City of God XX.17.

• Jonah 1:17

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.

• Jonah 2:10

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.

• Romans 8:23

  Cited together in The City of God XX.17.

• Romans 9:2

  Cited together in The City of God XX.17.

• 1 Corinthians 15:55

  Cited together in The City of God XX.17.

• 2 Corinthians 5:4

  Cited together in The City of God XX.17.

• 1 John 1:8

  Cited together in The City of God XX.17.

• Revelation 7:17

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.

• Revelation 20:10

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.

• Revelation 20:13

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.

• Revelation 20:14

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.

• Revelation 20:15

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.